"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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Published in:The Merton annual
Main Author: Bubel, Katharine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: AMS Press [2015]
In: The Merton annual
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B 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"."
ISSN:0894-4857
Contains:Enthalten in: The Merton annual