Book
Things of the hidden God: journey to the Holy Mountain
Random House
2005
Abstract
For well over a thousand years, Mount Athos, a small peninsula in the Aegean Sea, has been the center of Eastern Orthodox Christian monasticism. Once home to 10,000 monks, its twenty monasteries and countless hermitages continue to attract hikers and pilgrims (only men allowed), including Merrill, an exhausted poet and essayist. Searching for grace, he made five visits to Mount Athos between Lent of 1998 and Easter of 2000. This book is not so much about personal renewal--he offers little concrete information about his own struggles--as it is an extended reflection on the common sources of faith and poetry.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Things of the hidden God: journey to the Holy Mountain
- Creators
- Christopher Merrill - University of Iowa, International Writing Program
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0679463054; 9780679463054
- Publisher
- Random House; New York
- Number of pages
- xix, 280 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- International Writing Program; International Programs; English
- Record Identifier
- 9983992688602771
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