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Highlights
- Though not a systematic theologian, Thomas Merton spent a lifetime writing in an immensely appealing way about the monastic tradition and mystical theology.
- About the Author: Sister Anne Carr was a Catholic nun, activist, and feminist theologian at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where she was the first female permanent member of the faculty.
- 184 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christian Theology
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Book Synopsis
Though not a systematic theologian, Thomas Merton spent a lifetime writing in an immensely appealing way about the monastic tradition and mystical theology. One of the fundamental questions he examined was that of the self; for Merton the recovery of the true self is the "liberation of the image of God" in us. This study explores that process in the context of a few of Merton's works, showing his own development from "pious hostility" to the world to a more humbling acceptance of humanity. The first full-length appraisal of Merton as theologian, this is well written but contains a few too many abstract phrasessomething Merton in his best work eschewed.
Review Quotes
"A Search for Wisdom and Spirit proves to be the first critical study to measure successfully Thomas Merton's contribution from the perspective of systematic theology ... This concise, coherent interpretation of Merton by (Anne) Carr knows no rival." --America
About the Author
Sister Anne Carr was a Catholic nun, activist, and feminist theologian at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where she was the first female permanent member of the faculty.