On Christian Contemplation

by Paul Pearson, Thomas Merton, Paul M. Pearson

"Every moment and every event in every man's life on Earth plants something in his soul," wrote Thomas Merton. A Trappist monk, Merton was both a poet and a theologian who pondered monastic life. He was praised for his meditations and conversations with God, as well as interfatith dialogue, tolerance, and non-violent activism during the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War. On Christian Contemplation , edited by Merton scholar Paul Pearson, is a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811219968
• ISBN13: 9780811219969
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 81 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 6.0"