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The Springs Of Contemplation
Merton Thomas

The Springs Of Contemplation

Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1992)
9780374128937
285 pages
LC Classification BX4214 .M37 1992
LC Control No. 92070378

Subject

  • Abbesses, Christian - Religious Life
  • Contemplation
  • Contemplative Orders
  • Monastic and religious life
  • Monasticism And Religious Orders For Women
  • Spiritual Life - Catholic Church
  • Spiritual Retreats For Members Of Religious Orders

Plot

In the Sixties, Merton invited a group of contemplative women -- cut off by inflexible rules from any analysis of important movements in the Church and the world -- to make a retreat with him at his abbey in Kentucky. What he and they said on such themes as "Zen, a Way of Living Life Directly," "Prophetic Choices," and "The Feminine Mystique," is the text of this book.