The third volume of Trappist monk Thomas Merton's "journals" chronicles his struggle to reconcile his celebrity as an author and peace activist with his desire for a life of silence and contemplation and also his conflicts with monastic routine, and his exploration of Zen, existentialism, Marxism, and Latin American culture. Index.
The third volume of Thomas Merton's journals chronicles Merton's attempts to reconcile his desire for solitude and contemplation with the demands of his new-found celebrity status within the strictures of conventional monastic life.
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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Product Weight: 1.03 lbs
Author: Merton, Thomas
Publication Date: 1997-02-27
Language: English
Series: Journals of Thomas Merton
Publisher: HARPER ONE
Dewey Decimal Classification: B
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780060654795
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