Thomas Keating, Lucette Verboven, Joseph Boyle

World Without End

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Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Keating, author of Open Mind, Open Heart and father of the centering prayer movement, reflects on his life and Christian practice In these conversations with film maker and writer Lucette Verboven, Thomas Keating OCSO - bestselling author, Trappist monk and founder of the Centering Prayer movement - looks back on his long life and spiritual development. Following on from his previous books Invitation to Love, Open Mind, Open Heart and The Mystery of Christ, Father Keating now turns his attention to the themes of awakening, the nature of true happiness and the character and purpose of death. World Without End also contains an interview with Abbot Joseph Boyle OCSO, who presides over the monastery where Father Keating is resident, high in the Rocky Mountains in Snowmass, Colorado. Verboven's insightful questions probe into the depths of Father Keating's spirituality, discussing identity, transformation, silence, nature and the cosmos - themes universal and applicable to all those searching for a deeper and more meaningful life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 130g
• ISBN-13: 9781472942487
• ISBN-10: 1472942485
• Artikelnr.: 46145714

Autorenporträt

Thomas Keating OCSO is known throughout the world as an exponent, teacher, and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado, he is a founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of numerous books, particularly of the trilogy Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; and The Mystery of Christ. Among his most recent books is The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living, compiled by S Stephanie Iachetta. Lucette Verboven is a Flemish writer and film producer. She holds a Master's degree in English Literature from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She has produced a number of major television series for Flemish/Dutch television and is the author of a bestselling book, Pelgrim in het Leven, which includes a chapter on Timothy Radcliffe. Joseph M. Boyle was an Editorial Advisory Board member of and contributor to The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and Christian Bioethics. He died on September 24, 2016,

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE INTRODUCTION
A Journey
PART TWO 'TO ENTER INTO THE UNVEILED PRESENCE OF GOD': CONVERSATIONS WITH
FATHER KEATING
1 A Lonely Time
2 The Spiritual Journey
3 Close Encounters
4 Awakening
5 Happiness
6 The Suffering of a Teacher
7 After Death
8 A Cosmology
9 On the Road Again
PART THREE 'A PLACE WHERE GOD CAN DWELL': CONVERSATIONS WITH ABBOT JOSEPH
BOYLE
1 Captivated by Experience
2 Maintaining a Faith Centre in the Valley
3 Father Thomas
4 Centering Prayer in an Uncentred Time
5 Purifying the Ego
6 Past and Future
7 A Clear Sky
8 Aspen
9 Life and Death
Appendix 1: Biography of Father Thomas Keating, OCSO
Appendix 2: Biography of Abbot Joseph Boyle, OCSO
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography