Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963 by Merton, Thomas
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963 by Merton, Thomas

Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963

The fourth volume of Thomas Merton's complete journals, one of his final literary legacies, springs from three...
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Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963 by Merton, Thomas

Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963

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Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963 by Merton, Thomas

Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963

$45.88
Author: Thomas Merton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The fourth volume of Thomas Merton's complete journals, one of his final literary legacies, springs from three hundred handwritten pages that capture - in candid, lively, deeply revealing passages -- the growing unrest of the 1960s, which Merton witnessed within himself as plainly as in the changing culture around him.

In these decisive years, 1960-1963, Merton, now in his late forties and frequently working in a new hermitage at the Abbey of Gethsemani, finds himself struggling between his longing for a private, spiritual life and the irresistible pull of social concerns. Precisely when he longs for more solitude, and convinces himself he could not cut back on his writing, Merton begins asking complex questions about the contemporary culture (the 'world' with its funny pants, of which I do not know the name, its sandals and sunglasses), war, and the churches role in society.

Thus despite his resistance, he is drawn into the world where his celebrity and growing concerns for social issues fuel his writings on civil rights, nonviolence, and pacifism and lead him into conflict with those who urge him to leave the moral issues to bishops and theologians.

This pivotal volume in the Merton journals reveals a man at the height of a brilliant writing career, marking the fourteenth anniversary of his priesthood but yearning still for the key to true happiness and grace. Here, in his most private diaries, Merton is as intellectually curious, critical, and insightful as in his best-known public writings while he documents his movement from the cloister toward the world, from Novice Master to hermit, from ironic critic to joyous witness to the mystery of God's plan.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, writer and peace activist. His spiritual classics include New Seeds of Contemplation, The Sign of Jonas, Mystics and Zen Masters and The Seven Story Mountain



Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 11/01/1997
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780060654818

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Merton, Thomas: -

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual writers of modern times. He was a Trappist monk, writer, and peace and civil rights activist. His bestselling books include The Seven-Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Mystics and Zen Masters.

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