Thomas Merton: Mystic Teacher for Our Age

In this article, the author focuses on spiritual directions given by American writer Thomas Merton in his writings. Topics discussed include risk of angelism when one forget his identity as a human and try to act as angelic; concept of death that everybody has to die alone no matters how many people...

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1. VerfasserIn: Finley, James S. 1981- (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2015]
In: The Merton annual
Jahr: 2015, Band: 28, Seiten: 181-195
IxTheo Notationen:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit
KDB Katholische Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
B Spirituality in literature
B Death
B Angels
B SUZUKI, Daisetsu Teitaro, 1870-1966
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, the author focuses on spiritual directions given by American writer Thomas Merton in his writings. Topics discussed include risk of angelism when one forget his identity as a human and try to act as angelic; concept of death that everybody has to die alone no matters how many people are with a person; and meeting of Merton with Japanese author D. T. Suzuki in 1964 at Columbia University.
ISSN:0894-4857
Enthält:Enthalten in: The Merton annual