{"product_id":"thomas-merton-in-california-the-redwoods-conferences-and-letters-9798400800313","title":"Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Merton | David Odorisio | Kathy Devico\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Monasticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e2025 Association of Catholic Publishers tied for First Place Award, Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously unpublished material from world-renowned Trappist monk and author, Thomas Merton, featuring the final conference talks given in the United States before his untimely death.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn May and October of 1968, Thomas Merton offered two extended conferences at Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey, a Cistercian women's community in Northern California. Comprising over twenty-six hours of previously unpublished material, \u003ci\u003eThomas Merton in California\u003c\/i\u003e covers a variety of topics including ecology and consciousness, yoga and Hinduism, Native American ritual and rites of passage, Sufi spirituality, and inter-religious dialogue, along with extended discussions on prayer and the contemplative life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe material presented in these talks reveals Merton's wide-ranging intellectual and spiritual pursuits in the final year of his life, and fills a long-standing lacuna around Merton's visits to Redwoods Monastery, forming a necessary bridge to the Asian journey that was to come. Practical and applicable, as well as searching and inspired, \u003ci\u003eThomas Merton in California \u003c\/i\u003eis essential for Merton readers and scholars, and all those interested in deepening their spiritual lives.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46338766700695,"sku":"9798400800313","price":6153.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798400800313.webp?v=1768682785","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/thomas-merton-in-california-the-redwoods-conferences-and-letters-9798400800313","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}