Thinking through Thomas Merton Brett Christophers

Thinking through Thomas Merton Brett ChristophersConsiders the legacy of Thomas Merton and his relevance for contemporary times. With the publication of The Seven Storey Mountain in 1948, Thomas Merton became a bestselling author, writing about spiritual contemplation in a modern context. Although Merton (19151968) lived as a Trappist monk, he advocated a spiritual life that was not a retreat from the world, but an alternative to it, particularly to the deadening materialism and spiritual vacuity of

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Jennifer Bell

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Included are essays by Douglas Monroy