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February 16th @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

CANCELLED: Master Class on “Thomas Merton at Columbia: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for God”

Feb 16
CANCELLED: Master Class on "Thomas Merton at Columbia: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for God"

This event has passed.

Due to unforseen circumstances, Professor Inchausti has to cancel his visit to Chicago and unfortnately this event has been cancelled.

Open to current university students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us.  Copies of the readings will be provided to those who register.

Thomas Merton is one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century. His autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, tells the story of a restless and brilliant young man who goes from a literature student at Columbia University to taking vows as a Trappist monk. In this two-part, one day master class, we will look at Merton’s education at Columbia leading up to his conversion to Roman Catholicism and then pick up his intellectual journey twenty years later by examining the content and continuing relevance of his “Cold War Prophecies.”

Readings

  • Seven Storey Mountain, Part One: Chapter 4 “Children of the Marketplace pp. 145-182 and Part Two: Chapter 1 “With a Great Price” pp.185-246.
  • Conjectures of a Guilty By-Stander, Part Two: Truth and Violence: An Interesting Era pp. 65-128.

Schedule

9:30am   Coffee & Pastries
10:00am   Session I
11:25am   Break
11:35am   Session II
1:00pm   End, Optional Lunch


Gavin House

1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Hyde Park, IL