"The Terrible, the Merciful, the Mothers": Tracing Wisdom in Merton's Hagia Sophia and Malick's The Tree of Life
The article focuses on Judeo-Christian wisdom tradition described in a poem "Hagia Sophia" by American writer Thomas Merton and a film "The Tree of Life" by film director Terrence Malick. Topics discussed include implications of iconography and liturgy by the poem, drafting of sc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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The Merton annual
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Pages: 134-148 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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NEW Year Letter (Poem)
B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 B Malick, Terrence, 1945- B HAGIA Sophia (Poem) B TREE of Life, The (Film) B JUDEO-Christian tradition B AUDEN, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 |
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| Summary: | The article focuses on Judeo-Christian wisdom tradition described in a poem "Hagia Sophia" by American writer Thomas Merton and a film "The Tree of Life" by film director Terrence Malick. Topics discussed include implications of iconography and liturgy by the poem, drafting of script of the film by the U.S. labor unions Writers Guild of America in 2007 and a poem by poet W. H. Auden "New Year Letter"." |
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| ISSN: | 0894-4857 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Merton annual
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