The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton (Culture of the Land) (repost)
Monica Weis, "The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton (Culture of the Land)"
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky | ISBN 10: 0813130042 | 2011 | PDF | 216 pages | 3.8 MB
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky | ISBN 10: 0813130042 | 2011 | PDF | 216 pages | 3.8 MB
Nature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in the hermitage at Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he contemplated and wrote about the beauty of his surroundings. Throughout his life, Merton's study of the natural world shaped his spirituality in profound ways, and he was one of the first writers to raise concern about ecological issues that have become critical in recent years.