Entering the Silence

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, writer and peace activist. His spiritual classics include the bestselling `The Seven Storey Mountain’, `New Seeds of Contemplation’ and `The Sign of Jonas’. Dr Robert E. Daggy is director of the Thomas Merton Studies Centre at Bellarmine College. He lives in Louisville, KY. Klappentext The second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty, passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain. Spanning an eleven-year period, Entering the Silence reflects Merton's struggle to balance his vocation to solitude with the budding literary career that would soon established him as one of the most important spiritual writers of our century. Zusammenfassung The second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty! passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography! The Seven Storey Mountain. Spanning an eleven-year period! Entering the Silence reflects Merton's struggle to balance his vocation to solitude with the budding literary career that would soon established him as one of the most important spiritual writers of our century.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Merton
• Assisted by: Jonathan Montaldo (Editor), Montaldo Jonathan (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.1997
• EAN: 9780060654771
• ISBN: 978-0-06-065477-1
• No. of pages: 526
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 30 mm
• Series: The Journals of Thomas Merton; The Journals of Thomas Merton; Journals of Thomas Merton, 2
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Christianity, Personal Christian testimony & popular inspirational works, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), RELIGION / Christian Living / Inspirational, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism