Encounters with Merton: Spiritual Reflections (edition 2004)

by Henri Nouwen

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Encounters with Merton brings together two of the 20th century's most important and articulate Christian voices. Henri Nouwen explores themes of solitude, nonviolence, and the encounters between Eastern and Western spirituality as presented by Merton.

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Title:	Encounters with Merton: Spiritual Reflections
Authors:	Henri Nouwen
Info:	Crossroad 8th Avenue (2004), Paperback, 144 pages
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A biography of Merton, easier to read than Merton himself but still difficult (like Merton) to understand. Nouwen really didn't help me penetrate Merton's difficult concepts. And the book really doesn't shed light on Nouwen himself, as of course his other books do. (

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Encounters with Merton brings together two of the 20th century's most important and articulate Christian voices. Henri Nouwen explores themes of solitude, nonviolence, and the encounters between Eastern and Western spirituality as presented by Merton.

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