Thomas Merton's Dark Path

Thomas Merton's Dark Path

Author: William H. Shannon

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 1987-03-01

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1466801859

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In the mystical tradition the "dark," or apophatic way has a long history. It is the way of John of the Cross, of Master Eckhart, of Juliana of Norwich, of the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing, and of Thomas Merton. This dark path of contemplation that Merton followed, wrote about extensively, and considered the focal point of his life is the subject of William H. Shannon's book.


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Download or read book Thomas Merton's Dark Path written by William H. Shannon and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1987-03-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mystical tradition the "dark," or apophatic way has a long history. It is the way of John of the Cross, of Master Eckhart, of Juliana of Norwich, of the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing, and of Thomas Merton. This dark path of contemplation that Merton followed, wrote about extensively, and considered the focal point of his life is the subject of William H. Shannon's book.

Thomas Merton's Dark Path

Thomas Merton's Dark Path

Author: William H. Shannon

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 9780140061864

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Download or read book Thomas Merton's Dark Path written by William H. Shannon and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 1982 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master

Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780809133147

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Includes excerpts from "Seven storey mountain", "Conjectures of a guilty bystander" and many other works including a chronology of Merton's life.


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Download or read book Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master written by Thomas Merton and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes excerpts from "Seven storey mountain", "Conjectures of a guilty bystander" and many other works including a chronology of Merton's life.

The Ascent to Truth

The Ascent to Truth

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher: HMH

Published: 2002-11-04

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0547537077

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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 the Cross offers essential answers to our disquieting and troubling times. “For any who have the desire to look into meditation and contemplation . . . this is the book for which they have waited.” —New York Herald Tribune Book Review “For those who may be curious about mysticism, and for those who may be called to a life of contemplation, this is an excellent book.” —Catholic World


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Download or read book The Ascent to Truth written by Thomas Merton and published by HMH. This book was released on 2002-11-04 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the Cross offers essential answers to our disquieting and troubling times. “For any who have the desire to look into meditation and contemplation . . . this is the book for which they have waited.” —New York Herald Tribune Book Review “For those who may be curious about mysticism, and for those who may be called to a life of contemplation, this is an excellent book.” —Catholic World

Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination

Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination

Author: Ross Labrie

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0826262791

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Roman Catholic priest, a Trappist monk, a social activist, and a poet. Author of the celebrated autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton has been described as the most important American religious writer of the past hundred years. One of the notable characteristics of Merton's writing, both in poetry and in prose, was his seamless intermingling of religious and Romantic elements, an intermingling that, because of his gifts as a writer and because of his enormous influence, has had the effect of making widespread a distinctive form of religious thought and expression. In Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination, Ross Labrie reveals the breadth of Merton's intellectual reach by taking an original and systematic look at Merton's thought, which is generally regarded as eclectic and unsystematic.


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Download or read book Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination written by Ross Labrie and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Roman Catholic priest, a Trappist monk, a social activist, and a poet. Author of the celebrated autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton has been described as the most important American religious writer of the past hundred years. One of the notable characteristics of Merton's writing, both in poetry and in prose, was his seamless intermingling of religious and Romantic elements, an intermingling that, because of his gifts as a writer and because of his enormous influence, has had the effect of making widespread a distinctive form of religious thought and expression. In Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination, Ross Labrie reveals the breadth of Merton's intellectual reach by taking an original and systematic look at Merton's thought, which is generally regarded as eclectic and unsystematic.

Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey

Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey

Author: William Henry Shannon

Publisher: Franciscan Media

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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Contemplation is the single strand that binds together the life and work of Thomas Merton. Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation traces the development of Merton's thought on the subject from his early What Is Contemplation? to his later works and journals. In addition, Merton scholar William H. Shannon provides incisive commentary and substantial excerpts from The Inner Experience (which Merton stipulated should never be published as a book), normally available only to scholars with access to the original manuscript.


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Download or read book Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey written by William Henry Shannon and published by Franciscan Media. This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemplation is the single strand that binds together the life and work of Thomas Merton. Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation traces the development of Merton's thought on the subject from his early What Is Contemplation? to his later works and journals. In addition, Merton scholar William H. Shannon provides incisive commentary and substantial excerpts from The Inner Experience (which Merton stipulated should never be published as a book), normally available only to scholars with access to the original manuscript.

New Seeds of Contemplation

New Seeds of Contemplation

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780811200998

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On spiritual rebirth through encounter with God in an expanded version, by the author of Seven Storey Mountain.


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Download or read book New Seeds of Contemplation written by Thomas Merton and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1972 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On spiritual rebirth through encounter with God in an expanded version, by the author of Seven Storey Mountain.

Day of a Stranger

Day of a Stranger

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Day of a Stranger written by Thomas Merton and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Seeker and the Monk

The Seeker and the Monk

Author: Scott Sophfronia

Publisher: Broadleaf Books

Published: 2021-03-16

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1506464963

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What if we truly belong to each other? What if we are all walking around shining like the sun? Mystic, monk, and activist Thomas Merton asked those questions in the twentieth century. Writer Sophfronia Scott is asking them today. In The Seeker and the Monk, Scott mines the extensive private journals of one of the most influential contemplative thinkers of the past for guidance on how to live in these fraught times. As a Black woman who is not Catholic, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton, holding spirited, and intimate conversations on race, ambition, faith, activism, nature, prayer, friendship, and love. She asks: What is the connection between contemplation and action? Is there ever such a thing as a wrong answer to a spiritual question? How do we care about the brutality in the world while not becoming overwhelmed by it? By engaging in this lively discourse, readers will gain a steady sense of how to dwell more deeply within--and even to love--this despairing and radiant world.


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Download or read book The Seeker and the Monk written by Scott Sophfronia and published by Broadleaf Books. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we truly belong to each other? What if we are all walking around shining like the sun? Mystic, monk, and activist Thomas Merton asked those questions in the twentieth century. Writer Sophfronia Scott is asking them today. In The Seeker and the Monk, Scott mines the extensive private journals of one of the most influential contemplative thinkers of the past for guidance on how to live in these fraught times. As a Black woman who is not Catholic, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton, holding spirited, and intimate conversations on race, ambition, faith, activism, nature, prayer, friendship, and love. She asks: What is the connection between contemplation and action? Is there ever such a thing as a wrong answer to a spiritual question? How do we care about the brutality in the world while not becoming overwhelmed by it? By engaging in this lively discourse, readers will gain a steady sense of how to dwell more deeply within--and even to love--this despairing and radiant world.

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

Author: Paul R Dekar

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Published: 2012-04-26

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0718840690

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Thomas Merton was arguably the twentieth century's most widely published and widely read spiritual writer. This book explores Merton's prophetic writings and experience as they offer guidance for those seeking to experience God, to simplify their lives, to live more humanly, and to shape Christian community in the face of alienation, consumerism, noise, and technology. The book includes parts of three previously unpublished conference contributions by Merton on technology. Exploring Merton's thoughts on monastic renewal, prayer, radical simplicity, ecology, technology, war, peace and interfaith dialogue, Dekar reminds us why Merton was so influential and why he continues to be so.


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Download or read book Thomas Merton written by Paul R Dekar and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Merton was arguably the twentieth century's most widely published and widely read spiritual writer. This book explores Merton's prophetic writings and experience as they offer guidance for those seeking to experience God, to simplify their lives, to live more humanly, and to shape Christian community in the face of alienation, consumerism, noise, and technology. The book includes parts of three previously unpublished conference contributions by Merton on technology. Exploring Merton's thoughts on monastic renewal, prayer, radical simplicity, ecology, technology, war, peace and interfaith dialogue, Dekar reminds us why Merton was so influential and why he continues to be so.