Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Early Essays, 1947-1952
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This volume gathers together twelve essays that Thomas Merton wrotefor various journals between 1947 and 1952, the years that saw thepublication of his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain,his ordination to the priesthood, and his initial appointment as spiritualand intellectual guide of the young monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani.The essays, most of which have never been reprinted, focus above allon aspects of the contemplative life but also consider the spiritualdimensions of literature and the social implications of Christian life.Issued to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of his birth,this collection brings to fr…
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This volume gathers together twelve essays that Thomas Merton wrotefor various journals between 1947 and 1952, the years that saw thepublication of his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain,his ordination to the priesthood, and his initial appointment as spiritualand intellectual guide of the young monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani.The essays, most of which have never been reprinted, focus above allon aspects of the contemplative life but also consider the spiritualdimensions of literature and the social implications of Christian life.Issued to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of his birth,this collection brings to fruition at long last Merton's own original plan ofpublishing these essays as a group and so makes available a previously littlerecognized and underutilized resource for understanding and appreciatinga crucial transitional phase in his life as both monk and writer.
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Weitere Autoren: O'Connell, Patrick F (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-87907-266-7
- EAN: 9780879072667
- Produktnummer: 17149217
- Verlag: Cistercian Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.0 cm 249 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 249
Über den Autor
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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