Come to the Quiet: The Principles of Christian Meditation

by John Michael Talbot

Book Overview

Within the heart of Christianity lies a rich tradition of meditation and contemplation. In Come to the Quiet , John Michael Talbot explores these roots and offers daily practices and exercises to help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585421448
• ISBN13: 9781585421442
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

To Read or Not to Read?

In the pattern of a growing number of Catholic contemplatives since the day of Thomas Merton, John Michael Talbot's book "Come to the Quiet" melded the Christian West, the Christian East, and non Christian sources. I am not sure exactly how to fill out this review. It is a book that I am not sure I'll pass out to my friends, yet a book I've returned to over and over. It gives specific steps and exercises to help the novice grow in contemplative meditation, yet these exercises will be outgrown in time. It is thoroughly Christian, yet contains enough non Christian philosophy to make some people nervous. It does a better job than most at describing the practices of the contemplative life, yet does not go as far as Merton or John of the Cross into the mystery of the mystic.The book helped me to grow.