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Interview with Dr. Ravi Zacharias on his latest book, "Why Jesus?"

Examiner.com - Jan 25, 2012
... why did you state in one of your speaking engagements that Henri Nouwen was one of the greatest saints who lived in our time, when Nouwen is known to have been influenced by Thomas Merton and others who practice Eastern mysticism?

Two universities cosponsor meditation lecture

Sun-Sentinel - Jan 13, 2012
James Finley, a specialist on meditation, will lecture on “Christian Spirituality in the Tradition of Thomas Merton” at 7 pm January 26. The free event is set for St. John's on the Lake United Methodist Church, 4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach.

Jacksonville priest's memoirs discuss bullfighting, CIA careers

Florida Times-Union - Jan 20, 2012
At 21, he entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in Bardstown, Ky., whose most famous resident was the Christian mystic and author Thomas Merton, whose autobiography, “The Seven Storey Mountain,” had been an influential bestseller.

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The Seven Storey Mountain

by: Thomas Merton
A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks.
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My Life with the Saints

by: James Martin SJ

One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year
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Winner of a Christopher Award
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Winner of a Catholic Press Association Book Award

Meet some surprising friends of God in this warm and wonderful memoir

James Martin has led an entirely modern life: from a lukewarm Catholic childhood, to an  education at the Wharton School of Business, to the executive fast track at General Electric, to ministry as a Jesuit priest, to a busy media career in Manhattan.
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