In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas merton s spiritual path. In this diarylike 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 mounta. His bestselling books include the sevenstorey mountain, new seeds of contemplation, and mystics. Robert nugent, sds thomas merton and therese lentfoehr. 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. His life from hisjournals are great because they are so attention holding, i mean you know how people describe the intimate merton.
Readers of the merton journal have been aware over the last four years of the publication of thomas mertons complete journals. His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read after his untimely death in 1968. Dialogues with silence contains a selection of prayers from throughout mertons lifefrom his journals, letters, poetry, booksaccompanied by all 100 of mertons rarely seen, delightful zenlike penandink drawings, and will attract new readers as well as merton devotees. Readers of the merton journal have been aware over the last four years of the publication of thomas mertons complete journals, a vast project covering almost three thousand pages. The publication in 1948 of his classic memoir the seven storey mountain. Access free the intimate merton his life from journals thomas the intimate merton his life from journals thomas right here, we have countless ebook the intimate merton his life from journals thomas and collections to check out. Now, a quarter of a century has passed since mertons death, and the journals are the last major piece of writing to appear by the 20th centurys most important. Chronicles the last two years of mertons life, during the political and social upheaval of the vietnam war era. In his prologue, merton describes the book as a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside. His father, a new zealand painter, and mother, an american artist, moved the family to the united states later in the same year. Among mertons most enduring works is his bestselling autobiography the seven storey mountain 1948, which sent scores of world war ii veterans, students, and even teenagers flocking to monasteries across the us, and was also featured. 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.
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