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An Asian Woman's Religious Journey with Thomas Merton

A Journey To The East / A Journey To The West

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Authors:
  1. Jung Eun Sophia Park

    1. Department of Religious Studies, Holy Names University, Oakland, USA

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  • Autobiographical approach from a marginalized voice
  • Deals with times themes: postcoloniality, feminism, sprituality, and late cpaitlism
  • Possible for course adoption as a secondary text

Part of the book series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora (ACID)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Prologue

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 1-11

  3. A Portrait of Thomas Merton: Living as a Sojourner

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 13-21

  4. Contemplation: Being Poised at the Virgin Point

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 23-39

  5. Social Justice: Acting in Contemplation

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 41-62

  6. Intimacy: Learning to Love

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 63-82

  7. Spiritual Direction: Dancing with the Other

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 83-101

  8. Creativity: Gazing at Beauty

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 103-117

  9. The Journey to the East: Coming to Asia and Beyond

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 119-138

  10. Epilogue

    • Jung Eun Sophia Park
    Pages 139-142

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 143-149
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About this book

Join Jung Eun Sophia Park on her personal quest for God and her true self through the writings of Thomas Merton. Approaching Merton as an Asian immigrant feminist in the postcolonial era, Park's perspective is a unique one, and in this dance sometimes it is her and sometimes Merton who leads. Throughout, Eastern and Western spirituality are organically woven together in reflection on Merton's narratives and in the examination of late capitalism, poverty, beauty, and violence. These reflections are insightful, provocative, and illuminating, particularly with regard to his androcentric spirituality, especially as it relates to his relationships with women.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Religious Studies, Holy Names University, Oakland, USA

    Jung Eun Sophia Park

About the author

Jung Eun Sophia Park is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Holy Names University, USA. She is the author of Conversations at the Well: Emerging Religious Life in the 21st Century in the Global World (2018) and editor of Interreligous Pedagogy: Reflections and Application in Honor of Judith Berling (2018). Jung Eun Sophia Park is a member of of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Asian Woman's Religious Journey with Thomas Merton

  • Book Subtitle: A Journey To The East / A Journey To The West

  • Authors: Jung Eun Sophia Park

  • Series Title: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87974-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87973-0Published: 02 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87976-1Published: 03 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87974-7Published: 30 November 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2945-6932

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-6940

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 149

  • Topics: Christian Theology, Philosophy, general, Spirituality

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