Thomas Merton: Master of Attention : an Exploration of Prayer

Thomas Merton: Master of Attention : an Exploration of Prayer
ISBN-10
0809145219
ISBN-13
9780809145218
Series
Thomas Merton
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
101
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Paulist Press
Author
Robert Waldron

Description

A distinguished Merton scholar fully explores the inner life of perhaps the best-known writer on prayer and the most popular commentator on modern religion and spirituality of the twentieth century. Original.

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