Overview
"During the last decade of his life, Thomas Merton corresponded with numerous people around the globe about world religions and the need for interfaith understanding. Initiating contact with figures like Zen scholar D.T. Suzuki, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Rabbi Abraham Heschel, he sought not only to expand his understanding of other faiths, but to find like-minded friends who might share his dream of a global community of the spirit. Such people, whom he called living ""sacraments"" or signs of peace, were those ""able to unite in themselves and experience in their own lives all that is best and most true in the numerous spiritual traditions."""
Full Product Details
Author: William Apel
Publisher: Orbis Books (USA)
Imprint: Orbis Books (USA)
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.290kg
ISBN: 9781570756818
ISBN 10: 1570756813
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 25 September 2006
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""No current issue is more urgent than interfaith relations today, and no writer, past or present, has given us greater insight into effecting reconciliation among representatives of the worlds religions than Thomas Merton."" -- E. Glenn Hinson, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond ""Thomas Merton's ecumenical concerns are highlighted in this timely volume. It demonstrates convincingly Merton's continual growth in ecumenical dialogue from his first encounters with Christians of various religious persuasions to Jewish, Islamic, and non-Christian traditions of the Far East."" -- Brother Patrick Hart, Abbey of Gethsemani"
Thomas Merton's ecumenical concerns are highlighted in this timely volume. It demonstrates convincingly Merton's continual growth in ecumenical dialogue from his first encounters with Christians of various religious persuasions to Jewish, Islamic, and non-Christian traditions of the Far East. -- Brother Patrick Hart, Abbey of Gethsemani
No current issue is more urgent than interfaith relations today, and no writer, past or present, has given us greater insight into effecting reconciliation among representatives of the worlds religions than Thomas Merton. -- E. Glenn Hinson, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Thomas Merton's ecumenical concerns are highlighted in this timely volume. It demonstrates convincingly Merton's continual growth in ecumenical dialogue from his first encounters with Christians of various religious persuasions to Jewish, Islamic, and non-Christian traditions of the Far East. -- Brother Patrick Hart, Abbey of Gethsemani
Author Information
William Apel is Professor of Religious Studies at Linfield College, Oregon. His books include Silent Conversations: Reading the Bible in Good Company.
