"A World That Wants to Flourish in Love": Thomas Merton, Rainer Maria Rilke and the Hidden Wholeness of Creation
This essay compares the contemplative visions and writings of Thomas Merton and Rainer Maria Rilke. It demonstrates that Rilke's notion of "inseeing" provided Merton with a framework for his own poetic technique through which the world is unmasked to reveal a larger spiritual dimensio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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The Merton annual
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Pages: 157-173 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 B Social Justice B RILKE, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 B HAGIA Sophia (Museum : Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Summary: | This essay compares the contemplative visions and writings of Thomas Merton and Rainer Maria Rilke. It demonstrates that Rilke's notion of "inseeing" provided Merton with a framework for his own poetic technique through which the world is unmasked to reveal a larger spiritual dimension. The essay then considers how Hagia Sophia and selections from Rilke's Book of Hours present a God in solidarity with the alienated and rejected - and perhaps most provocatively - the feminine. In fact, we hear the most stirring calls to love of others and to a life guided by social justice through God's feminine voice. |
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| ISSN: | 0894-4857 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Merton annual
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