Seeking Paradise Series_ Theology in Dialogue IN and lecture worldwide

IN and lecture worldwide

and recently beatified Jesuit preacher Rupert Mayer

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 mentor for people of many races and faiths

Seeking Paradise Series_ Theology in Dialogue IN and lecture worldwide"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