The Silent Life
Merton, Thomas
Thomas Merton wrote The Silent Life a decade after he took orders. In his Prologue, Merton describes the book as "a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside . . . who seeks only to speak as the mouthpiece of a tradition centuries old." It is a remarkable work-one that combines a lucid and informative description of the nature and forms of monasticism, communal and solitary, with a passionate defense of the contemplative's quest for God. The intense beauty of Merton's meditation, radiating from beneath its surface calm, makes The Silent Life a classic of its kind.
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Рік:
1999
Видання:
1st edition, 4th printing
Видавництво:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
192
ISBN 10:
0374512817
ISBN 13:
9780374512811
Файл:
EPUB, 888 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1999