{"product_id":"life-of-the-vows-initiation-into-the-monastic-tradition-9780879070304","title":"Life of the Vows: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs novice master of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton presented weekly conferences to familiarize his charges with the meaning and purpose of the vows they aspired to undertake. In this setting, he offered a thorough exposition of the theological, canonical, and above all spiritual dimensions of the vows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerton set the vows firmly in the context of the anthropological, moral, soteriological, and ecclesial dimensions of human, Christian, and monastic life. He addressed such classical themes of Christian morality as the nature of the human person and his acts; the importance of justice in relation to the Passion of Christ, to friendship and to love; and self-surrender as the key to grace, prayer and the vowed life. Merton's words on these topics clearly spring from a committed heart and often flow with the soaring intensity of style that we have come to expect in his more enthusiastic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe texts of these conferences represent the longest and most systematically organized of any of numerous series of conferences that Merton presented during the decade of his mastership. They may be the most directly pastoral work Merton ever wrote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Merton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cistercian Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879070304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerton, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Merton (1915-1968), Catholic convert, Cistercian monk and hermit, poet, contemplative, social critic, and pioneer of interreligious dialogue, was a seminal figure of twentieth-century American Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cistercian Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40226894217331,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_59f91231-c5b0-47ef-abd8-de979bc86df6.jpg?v=1656769357","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/life-of-the-vows-initiation-into-the-monastic-tradition-9780879070304","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}