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The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals

By Thomas Merton

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0062516299, 9780062516299, 9780061464645
LCC
BX4705.M542 A3 1999
Open Library ID
OL24251281M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
999 kB (1023052 bytes)
Pages
396\396
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this diary-like memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, The Intimate Merton lays bare the steep ways of Thomas Merton's spiritual path. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story Thomas Merton recounted and made famous in The Seven Storey Mountain. This book is the spiritual autobiography of our century's most celebrated monk -- the wisdom gained from the personal experience of an enduring spiritual teacher. Here is Merton's account of his life's major challenges, his confrontations with monastic and church hierarchies, his interaction with religious traditions east and west, and his antiwar and civil-rights activities. In The Intimate Merton we engage a writer's art of "confession and witness" as he searches for a contemporary, authentic, and global spirituality. Recounting Merton's earliest days in the monastery to his journey east to meet the Dalai Lama, The Intimate Merton captures the essence of what makes Thomas Merton's life journey so perennially relevant.

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