عنوان

Thomas Merton's "Theology of Resistance" :

شماره

TLets566682

عنوان اصلي

Thomas Merton's "Theology of Resistance" :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Berry , Judith Elizabeth

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

towards a political interpretation of his contemplative spirituality

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

King's College London (University of London)

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

1998

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

King's College London (University of London)

امتياز متن

1998

متن يادداشت

This thesis is an exploration of what the monk, Thomas Merton OCSO,(1915-68) called his "theology of resistance". Its purpose is to establishthat this theology was a politically as well as a spiritually inspiredcritique of America in the modem era, and to illustrate the coherentdevelopment of Merton's contemplative spirituality and politicalcommitment. As an extension of this discussion I have argued in thisthesis that Thomas Merton should be seen as a politically activecontemplative as opposed to a social critic and a somewhat passivecritic at that.It is the aim of this thesis to argue that the full implications of Merton's"theology of resistance" have not been fully understood; and that Mertoncommentators and scholars have overlooked the core issues ofmarginality and protest in his work. Central to this thesis, then, is thesuggestion that Merton's "theology of resistance" was a "revolutionary"synthesis of monastic protest and contemplative marginality. Asynthesis which enabled the contemplative to place himself on themargins of society, but in solidarity with all other marginal groups andpeople.What I am suggesting is that Merton's "theology of resistance" was theculmination of a contemplatively inspired political consciousness, anattempt to grapple with the radical and transformative potential of themarginal, the dispossessed, the peripheral, the monk.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Berry , Judith Elizabeth

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

King's College London (University of London)

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y