ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the poetry of Wordsworth, the general argument it puts forward obviously has implications for other Romantic writers. In elaborating this hypothesis, the author appeals to orthodox Judeo-Christian resources in particular, the writings of Anselm, Buber and Newman though these will be invoked alongside the work of a number of contemporary theological writers and will form part of an emphatically postmodern engagement with Romantic writing. The messenger' in Wordsworth's poem is capable of and seems half-conscious' of blessing', and what it brings is a message of joy' a sentiment that is associated with moments of vision in Tintern Abbey'. In the hymn to creation and in Psalm 148, the created world is itself addressed and exhorted by man to praise their common Creator. The epistemological principle underwrites what we might refer to as an attitude of faithful scepticism.
