A Beautiful Absurdity

The scandal of the Incarnation. The foolishness of the Cross. The beautiful absurdity of Christian faith in a profane world.

A Beautiful Absurdity is the first book in Dr. Alan Altany's Christian Poetry of the Sacred series, a contemplative meditation on the paradoxes, contradictions, and glorious absurdities at the heart of Christian belief.

With a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and a career teaching Comparative Religions, Dr. Altany brings theological rigor and poetic beauty to questions that have haunted believers for centuries: How can God die? How can suffering be redemptive? How can we believe what seems impossible?

His poetry, published in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly, and other literary journals, refuses easy answers, offering instead intellectually honest wrestling with mystery, grace, and the God who refuses to fit our categories.

This series has earned a 4.9-star rating from readers seeking contemplative depth.

Perfect for seminary students exploring theological poetry, Catholic contemplatives and mystics, MFA poetry students researching religious themes, and readers tired of devotional clichés.

One reader writes: "Many of these pieces leave me with chills."

The Complete Christian Poetry of the Sacred Series:
1. A Beautiful Absurdity (2022)
2. The Greatest Longing (2023)
3. Intimations (2024)
4. Poems to God (2025)