In the Valley of Wormwood - Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Catholic convert, Cistercian monk and hermit, poet, contemplative, social critic, and pioneer of interreligious dialogue, was a seminal figure of twentieth-century American Christianity. Klappentext Shortly after entering the monastic life in December 1941, a relatively unknown Trappist monk called Frater Louiswho would later be known to the world by his given name, Thomas Mertonbegan to pen biographical sketches of early Cistercian blessed and saints. These were initially collected, printed, and bound inexpensively, with no mention of the author, by the Abbey of Gethsemani. They are now published here for a wide audience for the first time. This work of the very young Merton perhaps takes on added significance when one considers the writing that lay just ahead of him at the time. In 1948, his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, was published and soon became an unexpected national bestseller. This long-awaited publication of In the Valley of Wormwood offers a window into Mertons thinking and his spiritual life just a few years before his phenomenal autobiography would see the light of day.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Thomas Merton, Thomas/ Hart Merton
• Collaboration: Patrick Hart (Editeur), Patrick Hart Ocso (Editeur)
• Edition: Liturgical Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 31.12.2013
• EAN: 9780879071332
• ISBN: 978-0-87907-133-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Thèmes: Cistercian Studies; Cistercian Studies
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme