{"product_id":"9781611802252","title":"Make Peace before the Sun Goes Down: The Long Encounter of Thomas Merton and His Abbot, James Fox","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLipsey, Roger\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShambhala\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA  fascinating account of Thomas Merton's conflicted relationship with his  abbot, Dom James Fox—by an esteemed modern Merton scholar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     In the  1950s and '60s, Thomas Merton, a monk of the Trappist monastery of  Gethsemani in Kentucky, published a string of books that are among the  most influential spiritual books of the twentieth century--including the  mega-best seller \u003ci\u003eThe Seven-Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. He was something of a  rock star for a cloistered monk, and from his monastic cell he enjoyed a  wide and lively correspondence with people from the worlds of religion,  literature, and politics. During that period he also explored and wrote  extensively on Buddhism, Sufism, art, and social action. The man to  whom he owed obedience in the cloistered life was a much more  traditional Catholic, his abbot, Dom James Fox. To say that these two  men had a conflicted relationship would be an understatement, but the  tension their differences in orientation brought actually led to  creative results on both sides and to a kind of hard-won respect and  love. Roger Lipsey's portrait of this unusual relationship is compelling  and moving; it shows Merton in the years his imagination was taking him  far beyond the walls of the monastery, and eventually, literally to  Asia.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43405086949631,"sku":"9781611802252","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781611802252_s600x595.jpg?v=1775586063","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781611802252","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}