
Open to the Full Dimension
Thomas Merton, Practical Theology, and Pastoral Practice
Dominiek Lootens(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 14. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-6667-3506-2 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is considered to be one of the most important Catholic American authors of the twentieth century. In this book one can discover Merton not only as a contemplative writer and prophet, but also as a pastoral practitioner.
Dominiek Lootens is a Catholic practical theologian with more than twenty years of experience as a pastoral supervisor and educator in Belgium and Germany. Using his own professional practice as a starting point, he reflects in this book on the life and work of Thomas Merton. He shows how relevant Merton can be for pastoral practitioners who are active in today's global context. A variety of professional topics are discussed: interfaith hospital chaplaincy, migration and practical theology, pastoral supervision and spirituality, natural contemplation and Orthodox pastoral theology, racism and adult education, and the training of chaplains as social justice allies.
This book offers practical theologians and pastoral practitioners an in-depth view in the life and publications of Thomas Merton and invites them to bring it into dialogue with their own professional practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-3506-2 (9781666735062)
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Persons
Dominiek Lootens is Head of the Centre for Dialogue at Campus Riedberg in Frankfurt a. M., Germany. For twenty years he worked as a pastoral educator and supervisor at Caritas Flanders. He is president of SIPCC (Dusseldorf, Germany), and international advisor of ITMS (Louisville, Kentucky). He currently lives in Schmitten im Taunus, Germany, together with his wife Nina and their dog Bonnie.