1.0Lavender Ink / Diálogoshttps://www.lavenderink.org/siteBill Lavenderhttps://www.lavenderink.org/site/author/bill/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SlIcfNhEUy"><a href="https://www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/city-of-god/">city of god by bill lavender</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/city-of-god/embed/#?secret=SlIcfNhEUy" width="600" height="338" title="“city of god by bill lavender” — Lavender Ink / Diálogos" data-secret="SlIcfNhEUy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.lavenderink.org/site/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.lavenderink.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/city-of-god-KDP-cover-scaled.jpg17072560Bill Lavender's city of god is a poetic reading-through of St. Augustine's magnum opus with comparisons to contemporary American life and politics. This book-length, 300+ page poem, described as a "monumental epic" by Adeena Karasick and "a masterpiece" by Cynthia Hogue, uses Augustine's reflections on the sacking of Rome by Alaric in 410 to reflect on the attempted insurrection in Washington in 2021 and other aspects, both personal and political, of the modern world.