Thomas Merton And The Monastic Vision (Library of Religious Biography (LRB)) - Softcover

Lawrence Cunningham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802802222 ISBN 13: 9780802802224

Verlag: New Publisher, 2021

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Reseña del editor:

Taking up where Merton's own Seven Storey Mountain ends, this penetrating biography by Lawrence Cunningham explores Merton's monastic life and his subsequent growth into a modern-day spiritual master. Though the basic story of Thomas Merton's life may be well known, the details of his spiritual development are less familiar. Cunningham shows that Merton's prolific writings and his continuing influence can only be understood against the background of his contemplative experience as a Trappist monk. "If one does not understand Merton as a monk," writes Cunningham, "one does not understand Merton at all." Merton emerges from this balanced and reliable account as an extraordinary Christian seeker and pioneer whose faith in the power of the contemplative life remains highly relevant today.

Biografía del autor:

Lawrence S. Cunningham is John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. His scholarly interests are in the area of systematic theology and culture, Christian spirituality, and the history of Christian spirituality. His most recent book is A Brief History of Saints. He has edited or written sixteen other books and is co-editor of the academic monograph series 'Studies in Theology and Spirituality'.

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• Verlag: New Publisher
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0802802222
• ISBN 13: 9780802802224
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 228