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Ingqondo kaThomas Merton Engacwangciswanga

Umbhali uPatrick W. Collins

Imibhalo epapashwe yimonki yamaTrappist uThomas Merton yayisoloko ivaliwe kwimithombo emibini ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe. Okokuqala, nguMerton ngokwakhe, njengoko ngokuqinisekileyo wayengabhali yonke into okanye abelane ngayo yonke into ayifakileyo kwiincwadi zakhe. Wakhetha ngononophelo oko wayekubona kufanelekile ukupapashwa. Okwesibini, uThomas Merton wayevaliwe kakhulu ngabaphathi bakhe benkolo. Babesoloko begweba ukuba izinto uMerton awayekhetha ukuzibhala akufuneki zifumaneke zishicilelwe. Oku kwakungeyonto ingaqhelekanga ukubangela ukukhungatheka okukhulu kuMerton.

Kule ncwadi, uFr. Patrick W. Collins ubonisa umbono ongenakugxekwa ngobomi neengcinga zikaThomas Merton ngokubhalelana nosapho, abahlobo, kunye nabantu asebenza nabo kwiminyaka edlulileyo. Iincwadi zikaMerton zobuqu nezobuchwephesha zazipapashwe ngaphambili nguFarrar, Straus, kunye noGiroux. Kule ncwadi, uCollins ukhupha aze ahlele kule mithombo uninzi lwezihloko ezibalulekileyo uMerton abhale ngazo aze abonise isihloko ngasinye ngokwexesha laso. Ngale ndlela, abafundi banokulandela ngokulula uphuhliso lweengcinga zikaMerton, iimvakalelo, ingqiqo, kunye nemibono yakhe kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwizihloko ezahlukeneyo ezimxhalabisayo.

2021

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