Thomas Merton
Twentieth-Century Wisdom for Twenty-First-Century Living
Published on 5. August 2011
260 pages
978-1-62189-018-8 (ISBN)
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Thomas Merton was arguably the twentieth century's most widely published and widely read spiritual writer. This book explores Merton's prophetic writings and experience as they offer guidance for spiritual seekers in their search to experience God, to simplify their lives, to live more humanly, and to shape Christian community in the face of alienation, consumerism, noise, and technology. The book includes parts of three previously unpublished conference contributions by Merton on technology.
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Paul R. Dekar, Professor Emeritus at Memphis Theological Seminary, volunteers with Dundas Community Services, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Canadian Interfaith Reference Group, and wrote Thomas Merton: God's Messenger on the Road towards a New World (2021); Dangerous People: The Fellowship of Reconciliation Building a Nonviolent World of Justice, Peace, and Freedom (2016); "In an Inescapable Network of Mutuality": Martin Luther King Jr. and the Globalization of an Ethical Ideal (with Lewis V. Baldwin, 2013). Paul and Nancy have two sons and four grandkids.
Content
- Intro
- Thomas Merton
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Stirrings of a New Monasticism
- 2. Introducing Thomas Merton
- 3. Thomas Merton on Monastic Renewal
- 4. Thomas Merton on Simplification of Life
- 5. Thomas Merton, Guide to the Right Use of Technology
- 6. Thomas Merton on Care of Earth
- 7. The Root of War Is Fear
- 8. Twentieth-Century Wisdom for Twenty-First-Century Communities
- 9. Building Communities of Love
- Appendix One
- Appendix Two
- Bibliography
