Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom - Couverture rigide

Livre 6 sur 7: The Journals of Thomas Merton

Merton, Thomas

 
9780060654849: Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom
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ISBN 10 : 0060654848 ISBN 13 : 9780060654849
Editeur : HarperSanFrancisco, 1998

Synopsis

Originally published in 1998, the sixth volume of the journals of Trappist monk, Thomas Merton. It covers the years 1966-67, in which the author falls in love with a nurse and has to reassess his commitment to celibacy and the monastic vocation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Having embraced a life of solitude in his own hermitage, Thomas Merton finds his faith tested beyond his imagination when a visit to the hospital leads to a clandestine affair of the heart. Jolted out of his comfortable routine, Merton is forced to reassess his need for love and his commitment to celibacy and the monastic vocation.This astonishing volume traces Merton’s struggle to reconcile his unexpected love with his sacred vows while continuing to grapple with the burning social issues of the day – including racial conflicts, the war in Vietnam, and the Arab-Israeli conflict – visiting and corresponding with high-profile friends like Thich Nhat Hanh and Joan Baez, and further developing his writing career. Revealing Merton to be ‘very human’ in his chronicles of the ecstasy and torment of being in love, Learning to Love comes full circle as Merton recommits himself completely and more deeply to his vocation even as he recognizes ‘my need for love, my loneliness, my inner division, the struggle in which solitude is at once a problem and a ‘solution’. And perhaps not a perfect solution either’ (11 May, 1967).

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual writers of modern times. He was a Trappist monk, writer, and peace and civil rights activist. His bestselling books include The Seven-Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Mystics and Zen Masters.

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Éditeur
HarperSanFrancisco
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0060654848
ISBN 13 
9780060654849
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
448
Éditeur
Bochen Christine M.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780060654856: Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0060654856 ISBN 13 :  9780060654856
Editeur : HarperOne, 1998
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