ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the craft of poem-making so as to determine how such activity might qualify and function as a meditative practice and consequently as a form of spiritual capital. In the Early Church, discussions in the area of theology and the arts centred around the appropriateness of the use of images of God, the role of the senses and the body's role in spirituality. Many practitioners of the art of poem-making, namely the poets themselves, in reflecting on their own work have alluded to a spiritual dimension of their practice. The arts in general are dealt with in relation to world religions, and the anthology contains contributions from artists, art historians, historians of religion, philosophers, theologians and specialists in religion and art. Teachers of creative writing and writers themselves contribute further to the conversation between creativity and spirituality.
