The unquiet monk : Thomas Merton's questing faith / Michael W. Higgins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgins, Michael W., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.

Merton, Thomas.

Trappists--United States--Biography.

Trappists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

126 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2015]

Summary:

Thomas Merton, (1915-1968), the Trappist monk, poet, spiritual writer, and social critic, remains many years after his death one of the most influential religious figures of our time. From a cloistered monastery in Kentucky he spoke to the spiritual and social concerns of the world, offering a voice of conscience, sanity, and compassion. One hundred years after his birth in 1915, his fascinating life and spiritual wisdom continue to find an audience. In this concise work, Michael Higgins offers a fresh interpretation of Merton's endlessly fascinating, complex, and multivalent genius. Drawing in part on interviews with those who knew him, Higgins explores the story of Merton's life, his work as a poet and writer, his prophetic response to war and social disorder, his contemplative response to the human condition, and his forays into interreligious dialogue. Book jacket.

Contents:

The story unfolds: the biography

Window, tower and circle: the poetic Merton

Solitary critic

Merton's religious imagination

Pilgrim to the east

Icon of wholeness.

ISBN:

9781626981126

1626981124

OCLC:

890814412