{"product_id":"luminous-darkness-the-passion-of-the-last-words-paperback","title":"Luminous Darkness: The Passion of the Last Words - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Carol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaitlin Smith Gilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eConor Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Seven cycles of poetry--rooted in each of Christ's Seven Last Words--intend a unified philosophical and theological dwelling. Here, the poet begins from the irresistible force of finality, the very wager of existence itself, and makes herself dialogic magnet, working to draw in and draw out the core of the human and divine relationship. On Good Friday, we are taught the poetry of our Lord. It is an inlaying of our words imbedded in the Word, a submersion into the delectation, anguish, thirst, neediness, ecstasy, and the surrender of the dying God. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf that first and often lasting invitation into faith, not faith in general but this faith and this Person, Christ, is given to us through Beauty, it is the monumental task of the artist to help us experience the Beautiful, to recover Beauty in our lives. Each of the cycles of poems pertaining to the Seven Last Words will be accompanied by art by co-author and artist Carol Scott. Here, the unabashedly Beautiful reanimates those lost wells of experience so that we can, once again, feel the poetizing Word enfleshed, Word made flesh, the Word of our flesh human and divine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Scott is professor emeritus of art at University of Holy Cross, New Orleans, receiving several endowed professorships. She is a gallery artist at Gallery 600 Julia in the prestigious Arts District of New Orleans. The City of New Orleans selected her work for their permanent collection. Carol served as vice president of the Women's Caucus for Art. She has had numerous one-person shows, exhibited in galleries and museums, won awards, and is collected nationally and internationally. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Caitlin Smith Gilson is professor of philosophy at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Florida, and visiting professor of philosophy at Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Rome. Dr. Gilson is associate editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Ressourcement\u003c\/i\u003e and author of numerous books of philosophical theology and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 412\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857821729075,"sku":"9798385218325","price":44.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PWkjJBEj449798385218325.webp?v=1793570483","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/luminous-darkness-the-passion-of-the-last-words-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}