Theodicy and the Feminine Divine: Thomas Merton’s “Hagia Sophia” in Dialogue with Western Theology
This article looks to Wisdom-Sophia as a lyric name and memory of God who brings hope for human beings and for suffering creation. The irruption of the feminine divine into Thomas Merton’s consciousness is followed by a consideration of witnesses to the divine Presence emerging from Holocaust narrat...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2016]
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Theological studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-76 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Merton, Thomas 1915-1968
/ Sophia
/ Theology after Auschwitz
/ Feminist theology
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IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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Summary: | This article looks to Wisdom-Sophia as a lyric name and memory of God who brings hope for human beings and for suffering creation. The irruption of the feminine divine into Thomas Merton’s consciousness is followed by a consideration of witnesses to the divine Presence emerging from Holocaust narratives and Jewish feminist post-Holocaust theology. Building from a poetic and narrative description of theological hope in a sophianic key, the article concludes with implications for spirituality, the theology of God, and discipleship: What would it mean to “live together with Wisdom” in the practices that shape our daily lives in the world and church? |
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ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563915619983 |