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Thomas Keating, born in New York City in 1923, is a Cistercian monk, priest, and abbot. He attended Deerfield (Massachusetts) Academy, Yale University, and Fordham University, graduating in December 1943. He is a founder of the Centering Prayer movement and of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. LifeKeating 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 the architects of the Centering Prayer movement begun in Spencer Abbey in 1975 and founder in 1984 of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., now an international, ecumenical organization that teaches Centering
Prayer, Lectio Divina, and the Christian contemplative tradition and provides a support system for those on the contemplative path through a wide variety of resources, workshops, and retreats. He helped to found the Snowmass Interreligious Conference in 1982 and is a past president of the Temple of Understanding and of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue among other interreligious activities.Fr. Keating lives at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado. Bibliography- Crisis of Faith (1979) ISBN 0932506054
- Finding Grace at the Center (1979) ISBN 0932506003
- Heart of the World (1981) ISBN 0824500148
- And the Word Was Made Flesh (1982) ISBN 0824505050
- Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel (1986) ISBN 0826406963
- The Mystery of Christ: The Liturgy as Spiritual Experience (1987) ISBN 0826406971
- Heart of the World: Spiritual Catechism (1988) ISBN 082450903X
- Mystery of Christ (1988) ISBN 0916349411
- Awakenings (1990) ISBN 0824510445
- Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth and Healing, by Philip St Romain, illus. Thomas Keating (1991) ISBN 0824510623
- Reawakenings (1991) ISBN 0824511492
- Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation (1992) ISBN 082640698X
- Intimacy with God (1994) ISBN 0824515889
- Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and "The Cloud of Unknowing,", with William A. Meninger (1994) ISBN 0826406823
- Crisis of
Faith, Crisis of Love (1995) ISBN 0826408052 - Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer (1997) ISBN 0826410618
- The Kingdom of God is Like.. (1997) ISBN 0824516591
- Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry, co-edited with Gustave Reininger (1998) ISBN 0826410413
- The Diversity of Centering Prayer (1998) ISBN 0826411150
- The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation (Wit Lectures) (1999) ISBN 0809138824
- Journey to the Center: A Lenten Passage (1999) ISBN 0824518950
- The Better Part: Stages of Contemplative Living (2000) ISBN 0826412297
- Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit (2000) ISBN 1930051212
- St. Therese of Lisieux: A Transformation in Christ (2000) ISBN 1930051204
- Divine Indwelling: Centering Prayer and Its Development, with George F. Cairns, Thomas R. Ward, Sarah A. Butler, Fitzpatrick-Hopler (2001) ISBN 1930051794
- Sundays at the Magic Monastery: Homilies from the Trappists of St. Benedict's Monastery, with William Meninger, Joseph Boyle, and Theophane Boyd (2002) ISBN 1590560337
- Transformation of Suffering: Reflections on September 11 and the Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee (2002) ISBN 1590560361
- The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living: Excerpts from the Works of Father Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. : Sacred Scripture, and Other Spiritual Writings (2003) ISBN 0826415156
- Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life: Open Mind, Open Heart, Invitation to Love, Mystery of Christ (2003) ISBN 0826413978
- Manifesting God (2005) ISBN 159056085X
- Active Prayer: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating (2005) ISBN 0826417833
- Centering Prayer: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating (2005) ISBN 0826417809
- Lectio Divina: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating (2005) ISBN 0826417825
- Welcoming Prayer: On Retreat with Father Thomas Keating (2005) ISBN 0826417817
Audio/Video- Contemplative Prayer (Audio, 1995) ISBN 1564553248
- The Contemplative Journey (Audio, 1997) ISBN 1564555372
- The Contemplative Journey, Vol. 2 (Audio, 1997) ISBN 1564555380
- Searching for God in America (Video, 1997)
- The Contemplative Journey (Audio CD) (2005) ISBN 1591793351
- Contemplative Prayer: Traditional Christian Meditations for Opening to Divine Union (Audio CD) (2005) ISBN 1591793068
TranslationsSecondary source- The three spirits of the dark night of sense: A contemporary laywoman's experience (John of the Cross, Saint, Thomas Keating, Michael Washburn), by Debra J. Harmon . (Dissertation, Loyola University of Chicago, 2005) ISBN
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