The Intimate Merton

Description

In this diary-like 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 Mountain. This book is the spiritual autobiography of our century's most celebrated monk -- the wisdom gained from the personal experience of an enduring spiritual teacher. Here is Merton's account of his life's major challenges, his confrontations with monastic and church hierarchies, his interaction with religious traditions east and west, and his antiwar and civil-rights activities. In The Intimate Merton we engage a writer's art of "confession and witness" as he searches for a contemporary, authentic, and global spirituality. 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.

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Other Editions

• The Intimate MertonElectronic resourceHarperCollins2007-01-01
• The intimate MertonHarperSanFrancisco1999-01-01
• The Intimate Merton (A Lion book)HardcoverLion Hudson Plc2000-03-01
• The Intimate MertonHarperOne2001-02-19
• The Intimate MertonPaperbackHarperOne2001-02-19
• The Intimate MertonPaperbackLion Hudson Plc2002-02-15