Thomas Merton

Early Essays, 1947-1952

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Monasticism, Inspiration & Meditation, Mysticism, Spirituality
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Author: Jonathan Montaldo, Thomas Merton OCSO ISBN: 9780879074968
Publisher: Liturgical Press Publication: May 19, 2015
Imprint: Cistercian Publications Language: English
Author: Jonathan Montaldo, Thomas Merton OCSO
ISBN: 9780879074968
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication: May 19, 2015
Imprint: Cistercian Publications
Language: English

This volume gathers together twelve essays that Thomas Merton wrote for various journals between 1947 and 1952, the years that saw the publication of his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, his ordination to the priesthood, and his initial appointment as spiritual and intellectual guide of the young monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani. The essays, most of which have never been reprinted, focus above all on aspects of the contemplative life but also consider the spiritual dimensions of literature and the social implications of Christian life.

Issued to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, this collection brings to fruition at long last Merton’s own original plan of publishing these essays as a group and so makes available a previously little recognized and underutilized resource for understanding and appreciating a crucial transitional phase in his life as both monk and writer.  

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This volume gathers together twelve essays that Thomas Merton wrote for various journals between 1947 and 1952, the years that saw the publication of his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, his ordination to the priesthood, and his initial appointment as spiritual and intellectual guide of the young monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani. The essays, most of which have never been reprinted, focus above all on aspects of the contemplative life but also consider the spiritual dimensions of literature and the social implications of Christian life.

Issued to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, this collection brings to fruition at long last Merton’s own original plan of publishing these essays as a group and so makes available a previously little recognized and underutilized resource for understanding and appreciating a crucial transitional phase in his life as both monk and writer.  

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