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Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers

hardcover – January 1, 2003
by Merton, Thomas
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ISBN-13: 9781570755019 ISBN-10: 1570755019
Publisher
Orbis.
Binding
hardcover
Published
January 1, 2003
Weight
0.9 lbs
Dimensions
22.20×0.60×18.40 cm

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Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers by Merton, Thomas. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781570755019.

The essays, talks, and letters collected here - joined by a selection of Mertons own photographs of a Shaker village - present a haunting evocation of a lost tradition. In the Shakers approach to work as a form of worship, in their practice of community, their simplicity and rejection of violence, and their profound witness to the Kingdom of God he found lessons for all Christians. In their prophetic departure from the American myth of progress, efficiency, and individualism, he found a message of enduring value and relevance for our time.