World Without End

by Thomas Keating

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 176

Overview

In these conversations with film maker and writer Lucette Verboven, Thomas Keating OCSO – bestselling author, Trappist monk and founder of the Centering Prayer movement – looks back on his long life and spiritual development. Following on from his previous books Invitation to Love, Open Mind, Open Heart and The Mystery of Christ, Father Keating now turns his attention to the themes of awakening, the nature of true happiness and the character and purpose of death.

World Without End also contains an interview with Abbot Joseph Boyle OCSO, who presides over the monastery where Father Keating is resident, high in the Rocky Mountains in Snowmass, Colorado.

Verboven's insightful questions probe into the depths of Father Keating's spirituality, discussing identity, transformation, silence, nature and the cosmos – themes universal and applicable to all those searching for a deeper and more meaningful life.

Key Features

• Provides a fascinating look at the life and ministry of Father Thomas Keating
• Contains an interview with Abbot Joseph Boyle OCSO, who presides over the monastery where Father Keating is resident
• Explores themes universal and applicable to all those searching for a deeper and more meaningful life

Contents

Part One - Introduction

• A Journey

Part Two "To Enter Into the Unveiled Presence of God: Conversations with Father Thomas Keating"

• A Lonely Time
• The Spiritual Journey
• Close Encounters
• Awakening
• Happiness
• The Suffering of a Teacher
• After Death
• A Cosmology
• On the Road Again

Part Three "A Place Where God Can Dwell: Conversations with Abbot Joseph Boyle"

• Captivated by an Experience
• Maintaining a Faith Centre in the Valley
• Father Thomas
• Centering Prayer in an Uncentred Time
• Purifying the Ego
• Past and Future
• A Clear Sky
• Aspen
• Life and Death

Product Details

• Title: World Without End
• Author: Thomas Keating
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Print Publication Date: 176
• Pages: 176
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781472942487, 1472942485
• Resource ID: LLS:WORLDWITHOUTEND
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:09:31Z

About Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating is known throughout the world as an exponent, teacher, and writer on contemplative prayer. A Cistercian (Trappist) monk of St. Benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado, he is a founder of the Centering Prayer Movement and of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of numerous books, particularly of the trilogy Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; and The Mystery of Christ. Among his most recent books is The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living, compiled by S. Stephanie Iachetta. He served as abbot at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Massachusetts for 20 years before retiring to Snowmass, where he now resides.