Take a mystical journey with Thomas Merton up the Seven Story Mountain as he helps a lost youth find her way back to faith. Based on the famous writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton, whose own spiritual journey has been an inspiration to millions of people. Merton had unique perspectives and insights on how to strengthen faith and this volume proposes 7 distinct ways to build spirituality. This volume contains the essential Merton; the man who strengthened his own beliefs by exploring other religions, who learned how to love God through nature and the environment and someone who started the inter-faith movement in order to embrace peace between other nations and denominations. Merton's Mountain is one part fantasy (think Dante's Inferno and Pilgrim's Progress) and one part spiritual journal, with discussion questions for individuals or classes to explore their own faith. Along the way, readers are treated to fantastical places and other spiritual leaders who influenced Merton's beliefs in life. Use this incredible book with the Merton's Mountain Activity Book for youth groups, camps or a weekend retreat.
Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding.
Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Merton's letters and diaries, reveal the intensity with which their author focused on social justice issues, including the civil rights movement and proliferation of nuclear arms. He had prohibited their publication for 25 years after his death. Publication raised new interest in Merton's life.
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