Roger Lipsey
Author
Publisher
New Seeds
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"In the last decade of his life, while living as a hermit-monk in dialogue with the world, Thomas Merton created a body of visual art that has remained largely unknown and little studied in the nearly forty years since his death. With this book, Merton's art at last moves out of the shadows to be appreciated for what it is: a revealing expression of the state of his mind and heart in the 1960s, and a visual correlative to his mature works of spiritual...
Author
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Drawing from little explored archives and personal correspondence, chronicles the life of the second secretary general of the United Nations who was killed in 1961 while en route to ceasefire negotiations in the Congo.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Dag Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic death in a suspicious plane crash in 1961. During those years he saw the fledgling international organization through numerous crises with a skillfulness that drew much acclaim. As readers of his now-classic diary, Markings, are aware, Hammarskjöld saw political leadership as an honor calling for humility, moral examinations, and spiritual reflection....
6) Make peace before the sun goes down: the long encounter of Thomas Merton and his abbot, James Fox
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating account of Thomas Merton's conflicted relationship with his abbot, Dom James Fox--by an esteemed modern Merton scholar. 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 The Seven-Storey Mountain. He was something of a rock star for a cloistered monk,...
7) Coomaraswamy
Author
Series
Bollingen volume 89
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
©1977
Language
English
Publisher
Giles
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This is a major new study and celebration of the career and legacy of the modernist sculptor, painter, collagist and educator Luise Clayborn Kaish (1925 - 2013). Kaish was a key figure in the New York art scene of the late 20th century, whose multidisciplinary and process-oriented practice contributed to various artistic discourses at the time. The strength and breadth of her work, her influential role in education, and the prestigious awards she...
