Make Peace before the Sun Goes Down: The Long Encounter of Thomas Merton and His Abbot, James Fox He was something of a rock star for a cloistered monk, and from his monastic cell he enjoyed a wide and lively correspondence with people from the worlds of religion, literature, and politics.&nb
Open Library Books
| Title | : | Make Peace before the Sun Goes Down: The Long Encounter of Thomas Merton and His Abbot, James Fox |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611802253 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-19 |
| Genre | : |
A fascinating account of Thomas Merton's conflicted relationship with his abbot, Dom James Fox—by an esteemed modern Merton scholar. In the 1950s and '60s, Thomas Merton, a monk of the Trappist monastery of Gethsemani in Kentucky, published a string of books that are among the most influential spiritual books of the twentieth century--including the mega-best seller The Seven-Storey Mountain. He was something of a rock star for a cloistered monk, and from his monastic cell he enjoyed a wide and lively correspondence with people from the worlds of religion, literature, and politics. During that period he also explored and wrote extensively on Buddhism, Sufism, art, and social action. The man to whom he owed obedience in the cloistered life was a much more traditional Catholic, his abbot, Dom James Fox. To say that these two men had a conflicted relationship would be an understatement, but the tension their differences in orientation brough
Editorial : "A minor masterpiece of moral restraint and historical reconstruction, and by my lights, a moving portrait of Thomas Merton’s heroic, lifelong struggle with pettiness and bureaucratic restraint. Lipsey gives us a side of Merton seldom seen—Merton the employee and company man—and surprisingly this reveals aspects of the writer's character not visible from any other perspective. A milestone in Merton scholarship."—Robert Inchausti, editor of The Pocket Thomas Merton and author of Thomas Merton's American Prophecy “Roger Lipsey’s premise that Thomas Merton and Dom James Fox were each other’s unsolved koan is deftly illustrated in this, the most complete and illuminating study of Merton’s middle monastic years. His engaging writing combines (in the matter of Merton’s indult) the intrigue of a John le Carré novel with a poetic closing as beautiful as any requiescant in pace ever sung.&r
This book had pictures, and it made it much easier to go thru each section of the learning.
I ended up getting all 3 certifications, but I only recommend this book for Admin and Developer Certs.or for the person that just wants to learn the software better. They say that "Time flies when you are having fun", and if that is the case, then finally, there is an easy-to-use e-commerce guide available that gives you a lot of fun simply by reading it. To follow this book you can make more profit in minimum time but remember it is risky so do practice on demo account then apply all tips and tricks.. Brown Rabbit slips off. I couldn't continue on, as the rest of the chapter was based on implementing this code (and then a replacement for it, again no idea where to add it). For contrast, you may also like Maury Klein's works on the Union Pacific and his biography of Jay Gould. Don't get me wrong, there was a lot of information in the book and I would recommend it to a beginner, but it
No comments:
Post a Comment