Wisdom of the Desert - Couverture souple

Merton, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811201023 ISBN 13 : 9780811201025

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1970

Synopsis

The personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who sought solitude and contemplation in the deserts of the Near East.

The hermits of Screte who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen masters of China and Japan, and Father Merton made his selection from them with an eye to the kind of impact produced by the Zen mondo.

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 1970
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811201023
• ISBN 13: 9780811201025
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible