The Silent Life

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Monasticism
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Author: Thomas Merton ISBN: 9781429945233
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: May 25, 2010
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Thomas Merton
ISBN: 9781429945233
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: May 25, 2010
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

Thomas Merton wrote The Silent Life a decade after he took orders. In his Prologue, Merton describes the book as "a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside . . . who seeks only to speak as the mouthpiece of a tradition centuries old." It is a remarkable work-one that combines a lucid and informative description of the nature and forms of monasticism, communal and solitary, with a passionate defense of the contemplative's quest for God. The intense beauty of Merton's meditation, radiating from beneath its surface calm, makes The Silent Life a classic of its kind.

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Thomas Merton wrote The Silent Life a decade after he took orders. In his Prologue, Merton describes the book as "a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside . . . who seeks only to speak as the mouthpiece of a tradition centuries old." It is a remarkable work-one that combines a lucid and informative description of the nature and forms of monasticism, communal and solitary, with a passionate defense of the contemplative's quest for God. The intense beauty of Merton's meditation, radiating from beneath its surface calm, makes The Silent Life a classic of its kind.

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