Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master: The Essential WritingsA one-volume anthology of the spiritual writings of the greatest spiritual master the American Catholic church has produced in this century. The selections, which are substantial in length, provide a generous sampling of Merton's vast output. + |
Contents
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Chronology of Mertons Life | 56 |
From The Seven Storey Mountain | 63 |
Fire Watch July 4 1952 from The Sign of Jonas | 107 |
From Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander | 121 |
Journals 19641965 | 165 |
Day of a Stranger | 214 |
Hagia Sophia | 257 |
From The Wisdom of the Desert | 265 |
A Study from The Behavior of Titans | 280 |
The Inner Experience | 294 |
Learning to Live from Love and Living | 357 |
Contemplation in a World of Action and Is the World | 368 |
Rain and the Rhinoceros from Raids on the Unspeakable | 388 |
A Christian Looks at Zen from Zen and the Birds | 399 |
From The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton | 223 |
From Thoughts in Solitude | 241 |
The General Dance from New Seeds of Contemplation | 251 |
A Letter on the Contemplative Life | 421 |
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Common terms and phrases
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