Heretic Blood
The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton
Thirty years after his death, we are finally catching up to Thomas Merton as one of the greatest spiritual figures of the twentieth century. The genius and spirituality of this unusual man could not be contained in his life as a monk but spilled over richly into his life and work as a poet, critic, rebel, sage, and even artist and photographer.Merton was aware that he had heretic blood within him, and it soon became apparent to the world. The balding French-English intellectual living as a Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky took a vow of silence, yet corresponded with and befriended such luminaries as Joan Baez, Jacques…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-72523-794-0
- EAN: 9781725237940
- Produktnummer: 34667596
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 330 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 34'311 KB
Über den Autor
Michael W. Higgins is the author of four books on Thomas Merton, a celebrated radio documentary series, and numerous scholarly articles and popular columns. In addition, he has written and coauthored biographies of Emmett Cardinal Carter, Henri J. M. Nouwen, and Jean Vanier as well as works on the Jesuits, contemporary Roman Catholic life, the politics of saint-making, and religion and the media. He is currently Vice-President of Mission and Catholic Identity and Professor of Religious Studies at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
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