Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: In this article I unfold the contemplative vision on nature and the impulse for an ecological ethics of the Trappist monk Thomas Merton. After a short summary of the role of nature in his biography, I explore the sources of his contemplative vision, and then investigate the meaning that nature had for his contemplative life. Silence and solitude in nature makes the heart pure and receptive to perceive the oneness of all creation with the abiding Creator. This deep experience leads to an ethics of preservation of the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community
Source: Theologia Reformata
Author: K.E. Bras
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404975131