Turning Towards the World: The Pivotal Years; The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963 (Journals of Thomas Merton, 4) - Softcover

Thomas Merton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060654813 ISBN 13: 9780060654818

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998

Synopsis

In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Journals of Thomas Merton, Merton emerges as the political and social activist and maverick mystic that the world has come to love and chronicles his growing concern for social issues.

Despite attempts to retreat into a more contemplative lifestyle, the Merton of his volume finds himself inexorably drawn back to the world. His celebrity status and increasing involvement in the movement for peace, civil rights, justice, and nonviolence bring him into conflict with his superiors, who advise him to leave these issues to the bishops and theologians.

About this title

Review:

These journal entries demonstrate Merton s characteristic humour and warmth... Merton s intellectual curiosity... marks this fascinating journal
Publishers Weekly

--Various

From the Back Cover:

This "fascinating" ('Publishers Weekly') fourth volume of Thomas Merton's complete journals traces Thomas Merton's emergence as the political and social activist and maverick mystic the world has come to love and chronicles his growing concern for social issue.

THOMAS MERTON (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, writer, and peace activist. His spiritual classics include 'New Seeds of Contemplation', 'The Signs of Jonas', 'Mystics and Zen Masters', and 'The Seven Storey Mountain'.

VICTOR A. KRAMER, Professor of English at Georgia State University in Atlanta, is a founding member of the International Thomas Merton Society, author of 'Thomas Merton: Monk and Artist', and a founding editor of 'The Merton Annual'.

"Delightful...brilliant social, political, and personal commentaries".
'New York Times Book Review'

"There is no doubt that Merton is among the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century".
'Booklist'

"[An] incredibly rich work".
'Library Journal'

"When all the journals are published, it is likely that they will take a place with the famous journals of Henry David Thoreau, G.M. Hopkins, Edmund Wilson, and perhaps be seen as an American version of St. Augustine's 'Confessions'."
'Catholic News Service'

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060654813
• ISBN 13: 9780060654818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Victor A. Kramer