{"id":3126178,"date":"2017-02-01T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/mzizi-wa-vita-ni-hofu-ushauri-wa-thomas-merton-kwa-wapenda-amani\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T01:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T06:15:00","slug":"mzizi-wa-vita-ni-hofu-ushauri-wa-thomas-merton-kwa-wapenda-amani","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/mzizi-wa-vita-ni-hofu-ushauri-wa-thomas-merton-kwa-wapenda-amani\/","title":{"rendered":"Mzizi wa Vita ni Hofu: Ushauri wa Thomas Merton kwa Wapenda Amani"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3023694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Root-of-War-Is-Fear-195x300.png\" alt=\"mzizi-wa-vita-ni-woga\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Root-of-War-Is-Fear-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Root-of-War-Is-Fear.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>Na Jim Forest. Vitabu vya Orbis, 2016. Kurasa 224. $ 25 \/ karatasi; $20.50\/Kitabu pepe.   <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/quakerbooks.org\/products\/the-root-of-war-is-fear-thomas-merton-s-advice-to-peacemakers\" class=\"woo-sc-button  custom\" style=\"background:;border-color:\"><span class=\"woo-\">Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jim Forest alikuwa rafiki wa muda mrefu wa Thomas Merton na mwenzake katika harakati za amani. Forest amewahi kuandika wasifu wa Merton na mwenzake mwingine, Dorothy Day, ambaye alifanya naye kazi katika   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mfanyakazi Mkatoliki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Kwa kweli, Forest ilikutana na Merton hadi Siku.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chanzo Cha Vita Ni Hofu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  inaangazia zaidi 1960-68, miaka minane ya mwisho ya maisha ya Merton, na uhusiano wake na Forest. Ilikuwa wakati wa misukosuko sio tu kwa Merika, lakini kwa Merton na Ukatoliki. Merton angetatizika kuelewa kilichokuwa kikitendeka nje ya kuta za nyumba yake ya Kentucky kwenye Abasia ya Gethsemani, na pia kutambua jukumu lake katika ulimwengu huo. Kitabu hiki pia kinaweka wazi mpasuko katika Kanisa Katoliki ambao ungefikia kilele kwa Papa Yohane XXIII kutangaza kuundwa kwa Mtaguso mkuu wa Pili wa Vatikano mwaka 1962, jukwaa la kushughulikia mahusiano kati ya Kanisa Katoliki na washiriki wake wa kisasa.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kufikia 1960, Merton alikuwa ameandika takriban vitabu 20 vya mashairi na maandishi ya kiroho, vikiwemo kitabu cha wasifu kilichouzwa zaidi na chenye ushawishi mkubwa,<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Seven Storey Mountain.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Alipendwa sana na Wakatoliki wa Roma kwa uandishi wake juu ya maisha ya tafakuri. Vijana wengi wa Kikatoliki walimiminika kwenye nyumba za watawa ulimwenguni pote wakitafuta \u201cukimya uliochaguliwa\u201d Merton aliyeelezwa katika kumbukumbu yake. Leo, Marafiki wengi wanavutiwa na uandishi wa mapema wa Merton. Maisha ya kutafakari ambayo Merton anasherehekea yana mambo mengi yanayofanana na ibada ya kimya ambayo Marafiki wanafanya. Inafaa kumbuka kuwa mama ya Merton alikuwa Rafiki.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuanzia mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1950, Merton alianza kuandika barua kwa kina na watu wa mila nyingi tofauti za imani kuhusu hatari za ulimwengu ambazo aliona zikielekea kwenye maangamizi makubwa ya nyuklia. Merton angeathiriwa na Quakers wawili: AJ Muste na Douglas Steere. Muste alishawishi sana uandishi wa Merton kwa kumpa changamoto kutazama vurugu katika kila maisha yetu na pia serikali. Steere angetoa mlo wa kawaida wa maandishi ya Quaker (Merton alipenda vipeperushi vya Pendle Hill) na pia nia ya kutoa historia ya ushuhuda wa amani wa Friends kwa wengine katika obiti ya Merton. Wazo hili la kukabiliana na vurugu zetu za kibinafsi lingekuwa kiini cha maandishi ya Merton juu ya vita.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tishio la kuenea kwa nyuklia na doa juu ya ubinadamu iliyoachwa na Amerika kutumia bomu la atomiki kwa Wajapani huko Hiroshima na Nagasaki ililemea sana dhamiri yake. Forest hutumia muda mwingi katika maandishi haya kuelezea jinsi jambo hili lilivyokuwa gumu kwa Merton tu bali pia Kanisa Katoliki. Merton kufikia 1960 alikuwa na shaka sana juu ya msimamo wa vita wa muda mrefu wa Kanisa Katoliki. Forest hufanya kazi nzuri kuelezea hadithi ya nyuma ya kuongezeka kwa umakini wa Merton juu ya kile kinachotokea ulimwenguni na hitaji la Merton kushiriki wasiwasi wake. Merton alihisi kulikuwa na hatari ya wazi na ya sasa kwa sayari ikiwa hatutashughulika na uraibu wetu wa vurugu. Maandishi yake sasa yalikuwa shambulio kamili la vita na dalili zinazosababisha &#8221;ugonjwa huu.&#8221;     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maandishi yote ya Merton yalikataliwa kuchapishwa na wachunguzi wa Kanisa yalipowasilishwa katika mfumo wa kitabu. Alipewa ruhusa ya kutuma nakala za kaboni nje kwa marafiki. Hadithi ya jinsi nakala hizi za kaboni zilivyokuwa nyingi na zilizosafirishwa vizuri katika jumuiya ya amani ni ya kuchekesha sana. Forest anashiriki mawasiliano yake na Merton katika kipindi chote hiki. Barua hizi hutoa mtazamo wa karibu na wakati mwingine chungu wa changamoto ambazo Merton na Forest walikabili. Merton mwenyewe alitatizika na jukumu lake linapaswa kuwa na jinsi gani angeweza (au anapaswa) kutumikia vyema harakati za amani zinazokua. Tumepewa picha halisi lakini isiyo na maana ya Merton. Mara nyingi sana Merton ametolewa kwetu kama shujaa wa katuni karibu na sio kama mwanadamu alivyokuwa. Wote Merton na Forest wanaonekana, warts na wote.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sehemu kubwa zaidi ya kitabu inatumika kushughulika na Vita vya Vietnam. Forest ikawa moja ya sauti kuu za Wakatoliki wa Kushoto kupinga vita. Kama herufi zinavyoonyesha, Forest hukua na kuwa jozi ya macho muhimu na mshirika anayeaminika wa Merton. Merton na Forest wote wamehuzunishwa na kukasirishwa na sera ya kigeni ya Marekani, na hii inaonekana katika barua kati yao. Katika kipindi hiki, Muste na Steere walimtembelea Merton na kumsihi azungumze kwa nguvu zaidi ili kukomesha vita. Wote wawili Douglas Steere na mke wake, Dorothy, walikuwa sehemu ya Mtaguso wa Pili wa Vatikani kwa bidii. (Ndiyo, Waquaker walionwa na Vatikani kuwa sehemu ya lazima ya hati yoyote ambayo ingeshughulikia amani.) Kisha Merton alipewa nuru ya kijani ya kuandika kama alivyotaka juu ya mada yoyote. Kanisa Katoliki pia lingesonga kwa kasi karibu na msimamo wa Quaker juu ya vita.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitabu hiki kinatoa fursa nzuri ya kuwaelewa vyema wapatanishi wawili, Thomas Merton na Jim Forest, wakati wa labda muongo wa maana zaidi wa karne iliyopita katika Kanisa Katoliki. Safari hii ya miaka minane ya Merton na Forest inamwacha mtu akiwa na ufahamu bora zaidi wa sio tu hawa wanaume wawili Wakristo na kazi yao bali pia mabadiliko makubwa ya kipindi hiki juu ya Ukatoliki. Ni kazi ya wakati unaofaa inayostahili kuzingatiwa katika jumuiya yetu ya Marafiki.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3078308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[9920,9969],"fpb_issue_category":[10226],"class_list":["post-3126178","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapitio-ya-kitabu-cha-quaker","category-vitabu-vya-februari-2017","fpb_issue_category-februari-2017"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mzizi wa Vita ni Hofu: Ushauri wa Thomas Merton kwa Wapenda Amani - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/mzizi-wa-vita-ni-hofu-ushauri-wa-thomas-merton-kwa-wapenda-amani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mzizi wa Vita ni Hofu: Ushauri wa Thomas Merton kwa Wapenda Amani - Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Na Jim Forest. 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