To Believe in God

The trilogy of belief #1

by Joseph Pintauro, Corita Kent

Dust jacket notes: "To believe in God is an irresistible invitation to a joyous participation in life. Too often religious statements impart an atmosphere of solemnity and gloom, when they should communicate only gladness. Joseph Pintauro, poet, and Sister Corita, artist, alert us to the excitement of believing in God. Joseph Pintauro's poetry makes celebration of life an integral part of faith. His brief creations are often playful and childlike, and translate belief in God into new humanist forms. Sister Corita's art is a happening. She takes great gobs of color and spills them across the page to run riot, like mercury, into and through the text. 'The purpose of art,' she says, 'is to alert people to the things they might have missed."

Genres: Poetry

95 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Sarah C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pintauro’s poetry has done so much for me at different points in my life and this book did the same. May is a miracle. Green green is God’s color. To believe in God is to drink wine, it is to eat bread, not by yourself but by some other magic. I have always treasured Pintauro’s deep, celebratory, observant and adoring attitude towards life and his version of God that comes with it. I love Corita Kent and her work in this is beautiful too. I’ll re read this as much as I want and it will be often.

[Sam Phillips · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had high hopes because of Sister Corita but the paperback edition didn’t quite capture the texture and vividness of her design work like I was hoping. Found Pintauro’s words to be fine - simple and sublime at times, inscrutable at others…

[Bentley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish the print was more legible instead of chicken scratch cursive because the poems are gorgeous.

[Bernardine Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the poetry and the insightful lines. I believe.