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Dr Sam Hole's Outputs (6)

Epilogue (2024)
Book Chapter
Hole, S. (2024). Epilogue. In E. Howells, & P. Tyler (Eds.), John of the Cross: Carmel, Desire and Transformation. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003308713-27

‘One at a banquet enjoys the taste of a variety of foods and the sweetness of many melodies’, writes John, as he portrays the soul that has entered the state of spiritual marriage (CB 20-21.15). 1 In a similar fashion, the preceding chapters have ind... Read More about Epilogue.

The influence of Thomas Aquinas on John of the Cross (2024)
Book Chapter
Hole, S. (2024). The influence of Thomas Aquinas on John of the Cross. In E. Howells, & P. Tyler (Eds.), John of the Cross: Carmel, Desire and Transformation. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003308713-16

Famously, the neo-Thomism of the first half of the twentieth century tended to envisage a very close connection between the thought of Thomas Aquinas and John of the Cross. In the 1930s, the writings of theological giants of the age such as Jacques M... Read More about The influence of Thomas Aquinas on John of the Cross.

John of the Cross: Desire, Transformation, and Selfhood (2020)
Book
Hole, S. (2020). John of the Cross: Desire, Transformation, and Selfhood. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863069.001.0001

Through the 'dark night of the soul' to the depiction of the erotically-charged union of the soul and God, the poetry and prose works of the Spanish friar John of the Cross (1542-1591) offer a striking account of the transformation of the individual... Read More about John of the Cross: Desire, Transformation, and Selfhood.