Thomas Merton, a member of one of Catholicism's strictest monastic orders, was intensely interested in the traditions of the Christian East. He studied and published extensively on Greek and Russian Orthodox traditions and his writing on Hesychasm, the practices surrounding the Prayer of Jesus, are of particular contemporary importance. Merton's commentary is accompanied by essays by scholars in the fields of Eastern Christianity and Merton studies.
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Thomas Merton, a member of one of Catholicism's strictest monastic orders, was intensely interested in the traditions of the Christian East. He studied and published extensively on Greek and Russian Orthodox traditions and his writing on Hesychasm, the practices surrounding the Prayer of Jesus, are of particular contemporary importance. Merton's commentary is accompanied by essays by scholars in the fields of Eastern Christianity and Merton studies.
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Very Good. Size: 5x1x8; 2003 signed and inscribed copy, Fons Vitae (Louisville, Kentucky), 6 x 9 inches tall x 1 1/2 inches thick trade paperback, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, xiv, 507 pp. Slight edgewear to covers, with minor creasing to tips. On the title page, nicely inscribed and signed by one of the editors in the year of issue. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked. ~EE~ [2.0P] This profound work introduces the West to Eastern Christian spirituality through the lens of Thomas Merton, as practiced from the time of the Desert Fathers. Contributors to this volume present the riches of Christian contemplative methods and experience dating back to their original Christian source. Jonathan Montaldo is a past president of the International Thomas Merton Society and a past director of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. A former Jesuit seminarian, Montaldo studied Merton at a graduate level and has published extensively on him. Montaldo is co-editor with Brother Patrick Hart (a monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani) of The Intimate Merton and is sole editor of the second volume of the Thomas Merton Journals, and Dialogues with Silence: Thomas Merton's Prayers & Drawings.
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Good. 511p. A softcover book in very good condition. Ex-library; original binding. Labels on spine and endpapers; stamps on endpaper and title page. Text clean and binding tight.
