• AIU
  • Tony Wilmot Memorial Library
Image from Google Jackets

Thomas Merton : selected essays / edited with an introduction by Patrick F. O'Connell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: xviii, 493 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781626980235 (hardcover)
Uniform titles:
  • Essays. Selections
Contained works:
  • Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. White pebble
DDC classification:
  • 230 23
LOC classification:
  • BX4705.M542 A25 2013
Contents:
The white pebble -- St. John of the Cross -- Poetry and contemplation: a reappraisal -- Boris Pasternak and the people with watch chains -- The recovery of paradise -- Notes for a philosophy of solitude -- Theology of creativity -- Christian culture needs oriental wisdom -- Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra concerning giants -- Peace: a religious responsibility -- The humanity of Christ in monastic prayer -- Message to poets -- A tribute to Gandhi -- From pilgrimage to crusade -- Religion and race in the United States -- Rain and the rhinoceros -- The contemplative life in the modern world -- Day of a stranger -- Symbolism: communication or communion -- The other side of despair -- The time of the end is the time of no room -- Blessed are the meek -- Events and pseudo-events -- The spiritual father in the desert tradition -- Is the world a problem? -- A Christian looks at Zen -- Terror and the absurd -- The monastic renewal: problems and prospects -- "Baptism in the forest": wisdom and initiation in William Faulkner -- Ishi: a meditation -- Learning to live -- The wild places -- Final integration.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books Books AIU/NEGST - Tony Wilmot Memorial Library General Stacks General Circulation BX 4705.M542A25 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R29992Y3232

Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-480) and index.

The white pebble -- St. John of the Cross -- Poetry and contemplation: a reappraisal -- Boris Pasternak and the people with watch chains -- The recovery of paradise -- Notes for a philosophy of solitude -- Theology of creativity -- Christian culture needs oriental wisdom -- Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra concerning giants -- Peace: a religious responsibility -- The humanity of Christ in monastic prayer -- Message to poets -- A tribute to Gandhi -- From pilgrimage to crusade -- Religion and race in the United States -- Rain and the rhinoceros -- The contemplative life in the modern world -- Day of a stranger -- Symbolism: communication or communion -- The other side of despair -- The time of the end is the time of no room -- Blessed are the meek -- Events and pseudo-events -- The spiritual father in the desert tradition -- Is the world a problem? -- A Christian looks at Zen -- Terror and the absurd -- The monastic renewal: problems and prospects -- "Baptism in the forest": wisdom and initiation in William Faulkner -- Ishi: a meditation -- Learning to live -- The wild places -- Final integration.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share