Sophia: The hidden Christ of Thomas Merton.

Inbunden bok. Collegeville, Minn. Liturgical Press. 2009.

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. xxx, 322 s. Illustr. i svartvitt. Klbd.
Innehåll: Preface -- Introduction -- Turning toward the world : the birth of a mystical-prophetic theology. Christ the center ; Historical Jesus/mystical Christ ; Merton and Sophia : a narrative overview ; Wisdom : the theological nexus ; Merton as mystical (or sapiential) theologian : reclaiming the whole person ; Sophia and the search for theological form -- Making old things new : imagination and poetics in theological method. Revelation : toward a sapiential framework ; Theology and the sacramental imagination : lessons from Newman ; Holiness in words : lessons from Heschel ; Theology and mysticism : reclaiming a divine perspective -- In the belly of a paradox : the archaeology of Merton's sacramental imagination. Poetics and prophecy in Merton's last decade ; The archaeology of Catholicity ; Modern consciousness vs. wisdom awareness ; Sacramentum scripturarum : words as sacraments ; Theology as memoria, presence, and hope ; The memoria of others : against revelation as a closed system ; Love and the naming of God : Sophia -- The dawn of wisdom : awakening to the world and self in Christ. Mentors in wisdom ; The irruption of Sophia (1957-61) ; Communion in wisdom/growth in love ; Discerning the heart of reality : God/creation/kenosis ; Dharmakaya-Sophia -- Hagia Sophia : the marriage of East and West. Christ the divine image and human prototype : the new man (1961)/New seeds of contemplation (1962) ; The marriage of East and West : Hagia Sophia (1962) ; Theological significance of Hagia Sophia -- Wisdom, our sister : human beings in the life story of God. The eschatological climate of the Gospels ; Wisdom and the Russians : foundations ; Sophiology : major contributions to positive theology ; Christology in the key of presence ; Presence in an apocalyptic key : "the time of the end" ; Mercy : the cross as Axis Mundi -- Conclusion: Theology and the general dance.