{"product_id":"awake-and-alive-thomas-merton-according-to-his-novices-hardcover","title":"Awake and Alive: Thomas Merton According to His Novices - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon M. Sweeney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollecting anecdotes from several of Thomas Merton's former novices, this book offers readers an opportunity to meet the famous monk and writer as a monastic brother, confessor, spiritual director, and friend. The title, reflects a way of being in the world, familiar to millions of readers of Merton's books. It was Merton who first made the treasures of monastic life and monastic spirituality accessible to people outside the cloister. In many respects, what he did for his students at the Abbey of Gethsemani, he did for those who read him still, hear his recorded lectures, and continue today to follow his path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion \/ Spirituality\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion \/ Monasticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion \/ Ecumenism \u0026amp; Interfaith\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[Orbis Logo] \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUS$22.00 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-62698-463-9\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon M. Sweeney\u003c\/strong\u003e is Editor at Large at Orbis Books and the author of more than forty books including The Pope Who Quit, which was optioned by HBO, The Complete Francis of Assisi, Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart (coauthored with Mark S. Burrows), and Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices, published by St. Martin's Press and Penguin Random House Audio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Merton \u003c\/b\u003ewas a monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, author of a famous autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, and some of the classic works of spirituality in the twentieth century, including \u003ci\u003eNew Seeds of Contemplation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZen and the Birds of Appetite\u003c\/i\u003e. He died an accidental death in Bangkok in December 1968 after visiting the Dalai Lama in exile in Dharamsala.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHis other friends included Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.48 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766162653472,"sku":"9781626984912","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c3d8621b56b37bedc346c041d91b32ee.webp?v=1780286999","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/awake-and-alive-thomas-merton-according-to-his-novices-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}