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Book SynopsisThomas Keating, author of Open Mind, Open Heart and father of the Centering Prayer movement, reflects on his life and Christian practice.
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 his previous books Invitation to Love, Open Mind, Open Heart and The Mystery of Christ, Father Keating 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 cosm
Table of Contents
PART ONE INTRODUCTION A Journey PART TWO 'TO ENTER INTO THE UNVEILED PRESENCE OF GOD': CONVERSATIONS WITH FATHER KEATING 1 A Lonely Time 2 The Spiritual Journey 3 Close Encounters 4 Awakening 5 Happiness 6 The Suffering of a Teacher 7 After Death 8 A Cosmology 9 On the Road Again PART THREE 'A PLACE WHERE GOD CAN DWELL': CONVERSATIONS WITH ABBOT JOSEPH BOYLE 1 Captivated by Experience 2 Maintaining a Faith Centre in the Valley 3 Father Thomas 4 Centering Prayer in an Uncentred Time 5 Purifying the Ego 6 Past and Future 7 A Clear Sky 8 Aspen 9 Life and Death Appendix 1: Biography of Father Thomas Keating, OCSO Appendix 2: Biography of Abbot Joseph Boyle, OCSO Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography
