{"product_id":"thomas-merton-and-the-celts-a-new-world-opening-up-paperback","title":"Thomas Merton and the Celts: A New World Opening Up - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonica R. Weis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBonnie Bowman Thurston\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Merton and the Celts offers a new lens through which to view Merton's life and spirituality. By examining unpublished letters, notebooks, and taped conferences for the Trappist novices--previously unavailable to the general reader--the author breaks new ground in Merton studies, revealing Merton's growing fascination with his Welsh ancestry, Celtic monasticism, and early Irish hermit poetry. Merton, having immersed himself in reading about Celtic Christianity--not just about liturgy, but about household rituals, illuminated manuscripts, high crosses, and hermit poetry as well--recognized in these ancient hermits who lived on \"water and herbs,\" experienced kinship with creatures, and wrote poems about the birds a mirror of his own desires. Indeed, in a profound way and at a deep level, Merton discovered himself in Celtic Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonica Weis, SSJ is Professor Emerita of English at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThomas Merton's Gethsemani: Landscapes of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eThe Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52756475248947,"sku":"9781498278447","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/oRF1Ngq1cC9781498278447.webp?v=1764399567","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/thomas-merton-and-the-celts-a-new-world-opening-up-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}