Description |
xiv, 232 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
I. Knights-errant and spells verbal -- Books, quixote and conquistadors -- The knights-errant of justice -- Word over the world -- Socrates and the enchanters -- II. What can ail thee, knight-at-arms? -- Exercises: Ethical and spiritual -- The impatience of Job -- Thomas Merton: The listener speaks -- Faust signs a contract -- III. Thy kingdom come -- The word as power -- The enchantment of the prophets -- Two baptisms -- Word and spirit -- IV. Perilous enterprise -- Merton and Aseitas -- Nothing defeats Socrates -- Paul and other Pharisees -- In the beginning was the word -- Epilogue. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Subject |
Religion.
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Religion and literature.
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ISBN |
1556122691: $14.95 |
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9781556122699 |
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