The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton, Robert Barron (Foreword by)

Overview

When Thomas Merton’s spiritual autobiography was first published in 1948, it was an unlikely candidate for a best-selling book. But less than one hundred years later, this account of his conversion to Catholicism has sold millions of copies and has been hailed as a modern-day version of Augustine’s Confessions.

The Seven Storey Mountain is fundamentally about the triumph of God’s grace in one man’s life, a story of an imperfect individual whose search for meaning led him to a Trappist monastery. Honest and incisive, it is a personal testament to the life-changing reality of encountering the divine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943243198
Publisher:	Word on Fire
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Pages:	506
Sales rank:	386,394
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.62(d)

About the Author

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was an American Trappist monk, social activist, and writer. His bestselling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain is considered one of the most important spiritual texts of the twentieth century.

Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and the host of CATHOLICISM, a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary about the Catholic faith. On July 21, 2015, Pope Francis announced his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and on June 2, 2022, he appointed Bishop Barron the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester (Minnesota). Ordained in 1986 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, Bishop Barron received a master’s degree in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 1982 and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1992. 

Editorial Reviews

It is in many ways a young person's book, in the best sense of the term. -- Wall Street Journal

Elizabeth Powers

"Without a life of the spirit our whole existence becomes unsubstantial and illusory.-Thomas Merton
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