{"product_id":"the-hermits-of-big-sur-9780814685068","title":"The Hermits of Big Sur","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween World War II and Vatican II, as Italy struggled to rebuild after decades of Mussolini's fascism, an eleventh-century order of contemplative monks in the Apennines were urged by Thomas Merton to found a daughter house on the rugged coast of California. A brilliant but world-weary ex-Jesuit, who had recently withdrawn from a high-intensity public life to go into reclusion at the ancient Sacro Eremo of Camaldoli, was tapped for the job. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on notes kept for over sixty years by an early American novice at New Camaldoli Hermitage, \u003ci\u003eThe Hermits of Big Sur \u003c\/i\u003etells\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe compelling story of what unfolds within this small and idealistic community when medievalism must finally come to terms with modernism. It traces the call toward \u003ci\u003efuga mundi\u003c\/i\u003e in the young seekers who arrive to try their vocations, only to discover that the monastic life requires much more of them than a bare desire for solitude. And it describes the miraculous transformation that sometimes occurs in individual monks after decades of \u003ci\u003electio divina\u003c\/i\u003e, silent meditation, liturgical faithfulness, and the communal bonds they have formed through the practice of the \"privilege of love.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814685068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Paula Huston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40994652192949,"sku":"9780814685068","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_02428ef5-11d9-4432-a193-7e0531164fb4.jpg?v=1631627345","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hermits-of-big-sur-9780814685068","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}