Natural Spirituality, Thomas Merton, and Christian Renewal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Natural Spirituality, Thomas Merton, and Christian Renewal write by Kenneth Bragan. This book was released on 2017-04-12. Natural Spirituality, Thomas Merton, and Christian Renewal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kenneth Bragan has previously written a psychological study of the life of Thomas Merton as well as a book stressing the importance of Merton’s spirituality. In this new book, he uses neuroscience to place Merton’s spirituality in the context of natural spirituality and uses this as a way of opening a door to Christian renewal. He writes, “Neuroscience may be offering a new and revitalizing understanding of the basis of Christian faith, particularly belief in the healing power of the risen Christ. He starts the book by examining the division currently occurring between “belief-based” faith and faith that is predominantly “experience-based,” as exemplified by two recently published books. He then gives portraits of two of the great Christians of the last century – Bonhoeffer and Merton – who demonstrate how different ways of experiencing God can be equally effective. Finally, he attempts to define a New Direction.
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thomas Merton write by John Eudes Bamberger. This book was released on 2020-02-21. Thomas Merton available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Like Bernard of Clairvaux, whose last act was to leave his cloister to mediate 'successfully 'between two nobles and prevent bloodshed, Thomas Merton found in the monastic life of prayer a source of strength, empathy, and understanding. To understand Merton, one must first know him as a Prophet of Monastic renewal. John Eudes Bamberger entered Gethsemani Abbey in 1950, having earned an MD from the University of Cincinnati the previous year and done his internship at Georgetown University Hospital. A student of Thomas Merton from 1952-1955, he worked with Merton, after his ordination in 1956, in screening applicants to the abbey. He served as abbot of the Abbey of the Genesee, in New York state, from 1971 until 2001. Since returning from a term as superior in the Philippines, he lives in a hermitage at Genesee.
New Directions Towards Christian Renewal
New Directions Towards Christian Renewal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Directions Towards Christian Renewal write by Kenneth Bragan. This book was released on 2019-08-12. New Directions Towards Christian Renewal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kenneth Bragan believes Christianity is approaching a time of change, one that is under pressure from changing world views. The religion is changing from a largely belief-based faith to one that is more experience-based. “I present Thomas Merton as an exemplar of the latter and Laurence Freeman as an advocate of meditative Christianity, which increases in importance as it receives support from developments in neuroscience. These new directions may well bring much needed renewal,” he states. The retired psychiatrist wrote New Directions Towards Christian Renewal because he feels that Christianity is no longer doing what it has the potential to do. “This latter mode, that of natural spirituality (standing in contradistinction to supernatural spirituality), is the very future of a Christianity that engages with exegesis and matters of faith without the myopia of literalism, instead allowing for the allegorical and poetic dimensions of scripture to rush forward unfettered by the limitations of historical inexactitudes taken as dogma. Kenneth Bragan brilliantly and persuasively sets forth this new paradigm with rigorous scholarship, biblical analysis, and the passion of the faithful. New Directions Towards Christian Renewal is a remarkable and inspiring work, a piece that is both radically insightful and undoubtedly trailblazing.” – Charles Asher, reviewer
Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation
Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation write by Thomas Merton. This book was released on 2013-01-09. Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This early work by Anglo-American Catholic writer Thomas Merton is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a wealth of information on spiritual direction and how to learn the art of meditation. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in spiritual life. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
New Seeds of Contemplation
New Seeds of Contemplation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Seeds of Contemplation write by Thomas Merton. This book was released on 2003. New Seeds of Contemplation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of thirty-nine short essays in which Thomas Merton examines what true contemplation is and how it can impact one's spirituality.
