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Thomas Merton's Gethsemani : Landscapes of Paradise / introduction by Jonathan Montaldo; foreword by Patrick Hart ; photographs by Harry L. Hinkle; essay by Monica Weis.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weis, Monica, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Homes and haunts--Kentucky.
- Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For twenty-seven years, renowned and beloved monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) belonged to Our Lady of Gethsemani, a Trappist monastery established in 1848 amid the hills and valleys near Bardstown, Kentucky. In Thomas Merton's Gethsemani, dramatic black-and-white photographs by Harry L. Hinkle and artful text by Merton scholar Monica Weis converge in a unique experience for lovers of Merton. Hinkle was allowed unprecedented access to many areas inside the monastery and on its grounds that are generally restricted. His photographs invite the reader to experience the various knobs, lakes, woods,
- Contents:
- Discovering the earthly paradise
- Finding a home in nature
- Seeing paradise with the heart
- Becoming one with the sky through prayer
- Discovering compassion in the wilderness.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 149-150).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-2720-3
- 0-8131-5745-5
- OCLC:
- 900344876
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