Seeking Paradise Series_ Theology in Dialogue and mentor for people of

and mentor for people of many races and faiths

in a society marked by a growing gulf between rich and poor

theological method

lived nearly 50 years in Japan and served as professor of religious studies and director of the Institute of Oriental Religious of Sophia University

and about themselves

Seeking Paradise Series_ Theology in Dialogue and mentor for people of"The peculiar grace of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit on it." Thomas Merton "Thomas Merton, with his Cistercian instinct for religious purity, simplicity, and the sacramental value of work, was, as this illuminating volume shows, the natural dialogue partner with the Shakers and their artful work." Lawrence S. Cunningham, author, Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision