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Thomas Merton

Life of the Vows

Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition

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As novice master of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton presented weekly conferences to familiarize his charges with the meaning and purpose of the vows they aspired to undertake. In this setting, he offered a thorough exposition of the theological, canonical, and above all spiritual dimensions of the vows.Merton set the vows firmly in the context of the anthropological, moral, soteriological, and ecclesial dimensions of human, Christian, and monastic life. He addressed such classical themes of Christian morality as the nature of the human person and his acts; the importance of justice in relation to the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: O'Connell, Patrick F (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-87907-030-4
  • EAN: 9780879070304
  • Produktnummer: 14077566
  • Verlag: Cistercian Publications
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 688 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D4.0 cm 903 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 903

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a seminal figure of twentieth-century American Christianity. Among his many books are his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain (1948) and the modern spiritual classic New Seeds of Contemplation (1961). Patrick F. O'Connell, a founding member of the International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS) is coauthor of The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia (2002). He has edited twelve previous volumes of Thomas Merton's writings, including Thomas Merton: Selected Essays (2013) and Cistercian Fathers and Forefathers (2018).

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