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Notes on Genesis and Exodus

Notes on Genesis and Exodus

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Thomas Merton presented numerous sets of conferences during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani. The two courses included in this volume - a thorough examination of the book of Genesis that began in mid-1956 and concluded on the Feast of Pentecost in 1957, and a series of classes on the book of Exodus from 1957 and 1958 - are here presented for the first time in a critical edition accompanied by extensive annotation and a comprehensive introduction. These courses comprise the only major surviving teaching notes on particular books of Scripture dating from the years when Merton was in charge of the novitiate. They provide direct access to his views on the intellectual and spiritual contexts in which they should be understood. As biblical scholar Pauline Viviano writes in her preface, 'this edition of Thomas Merton's class notes brings us into the workings of a great spiritual leader's mind as he reflects upon Scripture. ... all who are on a spiritual journey can gain from his insights and the lessons he draws.'

Thomas Merton presented numerous sets of conferences during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani. The two courses included in this volume - a thorough examination of the book of Genesis that began in mid-1956 and concluded on the Feast of Pentecost in 1957, and a series of classes on the book of Exodus from 1957 and 1958 - are here presented for the first time in a critical edition accompanied by extensive annotation and a comprehensive introduction. These courses comprise the only major surviving teaching notes on particular books of Scripture dating from the years when Merton was in charge of the novitiate. They provide direct access to his views on the intellectual and spiritual contexts in which they should be understood. As biblical scholar Pauline Viviano writes in her preface, 'this edition of Thomas Merton's class notes brings us into the workings of a great spiritual leader's mind as he reflects upon Scripture. ... all who are on a spiritual journey can gain from his insights and the lessons he draws.'
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    9780718896263
  • Peso
    3.9 MB
  • Número de páginas
    336
  • Idioma
    Inglés
  • Formato
    PDF
  • Protección
    DRM
  • Referencia
    BKW149693
Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

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Contemplativo de la abadía de Getsemaní en Kentucky (Estados Unidos), compaginó su vida como monje trapense con su actividad de escritor y poeta, retirándose a los bosques del monasterio para entregarse a su verdadera pasión: la escritura. El gran móvil de todo su planteamiento ontológico y religioso fue precisamente su aspiración a la Palabra. A través de ella proyecta, orienta y administra su propia imagen literaria y humana a lo largo de una prolífica y controvertida obra que refleja sus inquietudes más hondas, su tremenda insatisfacción ante una época en la que veía surgir llamadas de socorro por todas partes, lo que le llevaría a vincularse a los movimientos pacifistas. Fascinado por los maestros zen y taoístas, los lamas tibetanos le llegaron a calificar de «Buda de Occidente», que, en su viaje a Asia, descubre y anuncia que «todo es vacío y todo es compasión». La muerte le sorprenderá accidentalmente en la ciudad de Bangkok.

Entre sus obras traducidas al español se encuentran La montaña de los siete círculos, Pensamientos en la soledad, El zen y los pájaros del deseo, y publicadas en esta misma Editorial: Diario de Asia (2000), Correspondencia (1959-1968) entre Thomas Merton y Ernesto Cardenal (2003), Oh, corazón ardiente. Poemas de amor y de disidencia (2015), antología bilingüe al cuidado de Sonia Petisco, y El camino del Chuang Tzu (2020).