{"product_id":"sophia-the-hidden-christ-of-thomas-merton-9780814684177","title":"Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile numerous studies have celebrated Thomas Merton's witness as an interfaith pioneer, poet, and peacemaker, there have been few systematic treatments of his Christology as such, and no sustained exploration to date of his relationship to the Russian Sophia\" tradition. This book looks to Thomas Merton as a \"classic\" theologian of the Christian tradition from East to West, and offers an interpretation of his mature Christology, with special attention to his remarkable prose poem of 1962, \u003ci\u003eHagia Sophia.\u003c\/i\u003e Bringing Merton's mystical-prophetic Vision fully into dialogue with contemporary Christology, Russian sophiology, and Zen, as well as figures such as John Henry Newman and Abraham Joshua Heschel, the author carefully but boldly builds the case that \u003ci\u003eSophia\u003c\/i\u003e, the same theological eros that animated Merton's religious imagination in a period of tremendous fragmentation and violence, might infuse new vitality into our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA study of uncommon depth and scope, inspired throughout by Merton's extraordinary catholicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Pramuk, PhD, is assistant professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of two books and numerous essays, and the recipient of the Catholic Theological Society of America's 2009 Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePramuk, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher Pramuk is chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination, and associate professor of theology at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHope Sings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters across the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e both from Liturgical Press, and the recipient of the Catholic Theological Society of America's 2009 Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award, the International Thomas Merton Society's 2011 Thomas Merton Award (aka \"The Louie\"), and several best essay awards from the Catholic Press Association.","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413353795858,"sku":"9780814684177","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07ab15a1-4c21-48dd-bc90-98ffefadd067.jpg?v=1729352872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sophia-the-hidden-christ-of-thomas-merton-9780814684177","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}