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Sign of Jonas
Sign of Jonas
Author: Thomas Merton
Begun five years after he entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, The Sign of Jonas is an extraordinary view of Merton?s life in a Trappist monastery, and it serves also as a spiritual log recording the deep meaning and increasing sureness he felt in his vocation: the growth of a mind that finds in its contracted physical world new intellec...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780859690812
ISBN-10: 0859690814
Publication Date: 8/26/1976
Pages: 368
Edition: New edition
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Publisher: Sheldon Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Former freethinker turned monk details the daily rituals and growth of faith inside monastery walls. A highly readable journal that reflects an amazing spiritual and intellectual growth. Merton, the mystic Catholic thinker, is a writer with ecumenical and cross-religious appeal.
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Thomas Merton, in this book, takes the reader behind the curtain at the monastery and lets them see the white-robed, silent monks at work, meditation, and prayer.


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