Thomas Merton: Social Critic - Softcover

Baker, James Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813193389 ISBN 13: 9780813193380

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009

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Reseña del editor:

Thomas Merton: Social Critic organizes and critically analyzes the social thought of the Cistercian monk who has become an internationally known symbol of the spiritual element in man. The author evaluated all of Merton's writings, published and unpublished, then discussed his interpretations with Merton personally. The result is a perceptive relation of Merton's social thought to its genesis in his own life experiences and contemplation, a faithful rendering of Merton's thought on the problems of our time. Merton, the author makes clear, called for a spiritual, social, and religious union. It was a poetic and sometimes unimplemented solution to alienation and division, a valid and authentic, if at times limited, response to the contemporary chaos. This study will be greeted by a strong reaction from Mertonians everywhere.

Biografía del autor:

James Thomas Baker is an assistant professor at Western Kentucky University.

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• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0813193389
• ISBN 13: 9780813193380
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184