Thomas Merton's American Prophecy

by Robert Inchausti

Book Overview

Thomas Merton was one of the most significant American spiritual writers of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, published shortly after the Second World War, inspired an entire generation to reconsider the materialist preoccupations of consumer society. Twenty years later, his essays on nonviolence, contemplation, and Zen provided the most telling orthodox religious response to the New Left's radical critique of post-industrial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791436365
• ISBN13: 9780791436363
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"