Contemplation and the Suffering Earth: Thomas Merton, Pope Francis, and the Next Generation
During his address to the US Congress in 2015, Pope Francis lifted up the Trappist monk and famed spiritual writer Thomas Merton as one of four “great” Americans who “offer us a way of seeing and interpreting reality” that is life-giving and brings hope. Drawing from Merton and gesturing to Pope Fra...
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De Gruyter
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2018-0015 |