Thomas Keating’s Followers (171)

Add New
Videos

Add a comment

Thomas Keating

Born

in New York City, The United States

March 07, 1923

Died

October 26, 2018

Website

http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org

Genre

Religion & Spirituality

edit data

Keating entered the Cistercian Order in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in January, 1944. He was appointed Superior of St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado in 1958, and was elected abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts in 1961. He returned to Snowmass after retiring as abbot of Spencer in 1981, where he established a program of ten-day intensive retreats in the practice of Centering Prayer, a contemporary form of the Christian contemplative tradition.

He is one of three architects of Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of contemplative prayer, that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey in 1975. Frs. William Menninger and Basil Pennington, also Cistercian monks, were the other architects.
n 1984, Fr. Thomas Keating along with Gu ...more

Combine Editions
Thomas Keating’s books

Average rating: 4.22 · 7,347 ratings · 546 reviews · 123 distinct works • Similar authors

	Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel 4.05 avg rating — 2,861 ratings — published 1988 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation by Thomas Keating, Elaine Pagels (Foreword), Ronald F. Thiemann (Introduction) 4.35 avg rating — 715 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intimacy With God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer 4.19 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation 4.32 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 1992 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divine Therapy & Addiction: Centering Prayer and the Twelve Steps 4.49 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living: Excerpts from the Works of Father Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O by Thomas Keating, S. Stephanie Iachetta (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifesting God 4.44 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit 4.35 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemplative Prayer: Traditional Christian Meditations for Opening to Divine Union 4.28 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Open Mind, Open Heart 4.48 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Thomas Keating…

Quotes by Thomas Keating (?)

“Silence is God's first language; everything else is a poor translation.”
― Thomas Keating, Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation

49 likes

“God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.”
― Thomas Keating

tags: religion

38 likes

“For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.”
― Thomas Keating, Manifesting God

27 likes

See all Thomas Keating's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
One Million Pages...: Whisper's one million pages	63	137	Jan 03, 2021 02:09PM

Thomas Keating’s Followers (171)

Add NewVideos

Thomas Keating

Combine EditionsThomas Keating’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Add New
Videos

Combine Editions
Thomas Keating’s books