Sophia : the hidden Christ of Thomas Merton / Christopher Pramuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pramuk, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.

Merton, Thomas.

God (Christianity)--Wisdom.

God (Christianity).

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

xxx, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2009]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814653906

0814653901

OCLC:

318422943