An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 3 - Couverture souple

Merton OCSO, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0879070137 ISBN 13 : 9780879070137

Editeur : Liturgical Press, 2008

Synopsis

In these conferences dating to 1961, Thomas Merton provides for his audience of young monks an overview of major themes and figures in the Christian mystical tradition as an integral part of their religious inheritance and a crucial part of their spiritual formation. From Fathers of the Church such as St Athanasius and St Gregory of Nyssa, through such important medieval theologians as St Bonaventure, Hadewijch and Meister Eckhart, to the great Spanish Carmelites St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross, Merton traces such key topics as the integration of theology and spirituality; the importance of "natural contemplation"--recognizing the divine presence in creation; the centrality of apophatic or "dark" contemplation; and the role of spiritual direction in forming mature and balanced contemplatives.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Catholic convert, Cistercian monk and hermit, poet, contemplative, social critic, and pioneer of interreligious dialogue, was a seminal figure of twentieth-century American Christianity.

Patrick F. O'Connell is professor of English and theology at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. A founding member and former president of the International Thomas Merton Society, he edits The Merton Seasonal and is coauthor of The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia. He has edited eight previous volumes of Thomas Merton's monastic conferences for the Monastic Wisdom Series, most recently The Cistercian Fathers and Their Monastic Theology (2016), and he is also editor of Merton's Selected Essays (2013) and Early Essays: 1947-1952 (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liturgical Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0879070137
• ISBN 13: 9780879070137
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Éditeur: O'Connell Patrick F.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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