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Life and Holiness Paperback - 1969

by Thomas Merton

In this succinct and readily accessible work, Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, offers compelling thoughts on what it means to be holy in the face of the anxieties of the modern age. The text is Merton's classic work on incorporating spirituality into everyday life.


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Life and Holiness is Thomas Merton's classic text on incorporating spirituality into everyday life. Merton here makes clear that he was a monk who knew the world. Of course, Merton lived a secular life until he became a Trappist monk in his late twenties, but even in the monastery he was deeply engaged in the questions of his day. In this succinct and readily accessible work, he offers compelling thoughts on what it means to be holy in the face of the anxieties of the modern age.

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Every baptized Christian is obliged by his baptismal promises to renounce sin and to give himself completely, without compromise, to Christ, in order that he may fulfill his vocation, save his soul, enter into the mystery of God, and there find himself perfectly "in the light of Christ."

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In this brief and readily accessible work, Merton offers his thoughts on what it means to be holy in the face of the anxieties of the modern world.

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  • Title Life and Holiness
  • Author Thomas Merton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 119
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Image, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date August 18, 1969
  • ISBN 9780385062770 / 038506277X
  • Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.35 x 0.4 in (20.88 x 13.59 x 1.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Catholic
    • Theometrics: Mainline
  • Library of Congress subjects Spiritual life - Catholic Church
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90026641
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.482

About the author

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Trappist monk, author, and peacea activist, came to international prominence at a young age with his classic autobiography, The Seven Story Mountain. Over the rest of his life he wrote prolifically on a vast range of topics, including prayer, interior growth, social responsibility, violence, and war. Toward the end of his life he played a significant role in introducing Eastern religions to the West. He is regarded today as a spiritual master, a brilliant religious writer. and a man who embodied the quest for God and human solidarity in the modern world.
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