A Queer-oriented Fullness of Life: Theological Reflections after The Shape of Water
At the end of the romantic fantasy film, The Shape of Water (2017),¹ by Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, we hear the narrator’s voice reciting this inspiring poem; Unable to discern the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Year: 2020, Pages: 193-210 |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | At the end of the romantic fantasy film, The Shape of Water (2017),¹ by Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, we hear the narrator’s voice reciting this inspiring poem; Unable to discern the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For you are everywhere. Although the poem may sound very much like a text written by Saint Augustine, in the closing credits Del Toro makes explicit that the author was Hakim Sanai, an Islamic-Persian poet who lived between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The poem evocatively depicts... |
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| ISBN: | 9781925679434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv16t6ms2.17 |
