The Ascent to Truth
The author of The Seven Storey Mountain explores the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross.The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution. . . . The desire for unworldliness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of this revolutionary spirit. In Ascent to Truth, author and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton makes an impassioned case for the importance of contemplation. Drawing on a range of thinkers-from Carl Jung to Pope Pius XII-Merton defines the nature of contemplative experience and shows how the Christian mysticism of sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite Saint John of th…
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- ISBN: 978-0-547-53707-8
- EAN: 9780547537078
- Produktnummer: 27872366
- Verlag: Mariner Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 405 KB
Über den Autor
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was born in France and came to live in the United States at the age of twenty-four. The author of The Sign of Jonas (1953), Merton received several awards recognizing his contribution to religious study and contemplation, including the Pax Medal in 1963, and remained a devoted spiritualist and tireless advocate for social justice until his death in 1968.
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