The twenty-year correspondence between Jean Leclercq, a French Benedictine monk and scholar, and Thomas Merton, an American Cistercian monk, provides a fascinating record of their common yearnings. "What is a monk?" is the question at the center of their exchange, and they answer it with great aplomb, touching on the role of ancient texts and modern conveniences, the advantage of hermit life and community life, the fierce Catholicism of the monastic past and a new openness to the approaches of other traditions. These letters--full of learning, human insight, and self-deprecating humor--capture the excitement of the Catholic Church in the era of the Second Vatican Council.
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When two people with expert knowledge speak, it is truly a sight. "Survival or Prophecy?: The Correspondence of Jean Leclercq and Thomas Merton" is the correspondence between two religious experts, a Benedictine monk and a Cistercian Monk, one French the other American. For over two decades, they deeply discussed the world of religion, from defining monkhood to countless religious discussion involving the nature of Christianity as a whole. Enlightening and fascinating, "Survival or Prophecy?" is a must for any professional or non specialist general reader with an interest in Christian debates.
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Dom James, Father Abbot, The Last of the Fathers, Dom Winandy, Abbot General, Dom Maurizio, Dom Flavian, Reverend Father, New York, United States, Monastic Studies, Clervaux July, Tradition Monastique, Cistercian Order, The Monk, Ronald Roloff, New Melleray, Our Lord, Cardinal Schuster, Holy Spirit, Middle Ages, Mount Saviour, Monte Cistello, Message of Contemplatives, Albin Michel Browse Sample Pages:
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