{"id":3127240,"date":"2015-10-01T00:50:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T04:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/thomas-merton-mfanya-amani-tafakari-juu-ya-merton-kufanya-amani-na-maisha-ya-kiroho\/"},"modified":"2015-10-01T00:50:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T04:50:56","slug":"thomas-merton-mfanya-amani-tafakari-juu-ya-merton-kufanya-amani-na-maisha-ya-kiroho","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/thomas-merton-mfanya-amani-tafakari-juu-ya-merton-kufanya-amani-na-maisha-ya-kiroho\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Merton, Mfanya Amani: Tafakari juu ya Merton, Kufanya Amani, na Maisha ya Kiroho"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thomas-Merton-Peacemaker-Meditations-Peacemaking\/dp\/1626981078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3019557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ThomasMerton.jpg\" alt=\"ThomasMerton\" width=\"250\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ThomasMerton.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ThomasMerton-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Na John Mpendwa. Orbis Books, 2015. Kurasa 206. $ 20 \/ karatasi; $16.50\/Kitabu pepe.   <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thomas-Merton-Peacemaker-Meditations-Peacemaking\/dp\/1626981078\" class=\"woo-sc-button  custom\" style=\"background:;border-color:\"><span class=\"woo-\">Nunua kwenye FJ Amazon Store<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mwaka wa miaka mia moja wa kuzaliwa kwa Thomas Merton mnamo 1915 ni wakati mzuri wa kutafakari mawazo yake, shughuli na maandishi yake kuhusu maisha ya kiroho. Mwandishi hapa, mwandishi mashuhuri, mwanaharakati na mkurugenzi wa zamani wa Ushirika wa Maridhiano, ni mpenda Merton kwa muda mrefu. Anafaa kama mtu yeyote kuandika kuhusu hali ya kiroho ya Merton na kuleta amani. Mandhari ya kitabu inaweza kufupishwa katika sentensi moja: maisha ya kiroho     <\/span><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ni<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kuleta amani, na kuleta amani ya kweli kwa<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merton<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  kiroho. Njia ya kukamilisha muunganisho wa kweli hizi mbili ndio kiini cha maandishi mengi ya Merton. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitabu hiki kina tafakari fupi 27 ambapo Mpendwa anachunguza safari ndefu ya Merton, hatua zake kutoka kwa &#8221;kupenda&#8221; kutokuwa na vurugu hadi kukumbatia mwisho wa kuleta amani kama msingi wa maisha yake ya kiroho. Hatua hizi zinatupeleka katika kutafuta kwake katika monasteri ya Gethsemani upweke na ukimya alioutamani sana, na kuzidisha maisha ya kutafakari aliyoyapata humo. Lakini pia tunaona jeuri iliyokuwa ndani yake na kujifunza kushughulika nayo: mizozo na baadhi ya watawa wenzake na kukasirika kwake kwa kile alichokiona kuwa \u201cibada ya sanamu ya viongozi wa kidini.\u201d Merton, tunakumbushwa, alikuwa msafiri ambaye hakuwahi kufaa kabisa.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alifafanua mfululizo wake wa uongofu na mabadiliko katika<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhana za Mtazamaji Mwenye Hatia<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, na akapata msukumo alipotayarisha mkusanyiko wa maandishi na vitendo,<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gandhi juu ya Kutonyanyasa.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Ushawishi kwa Merton wa wapatanishi wengi wanaofanya kazi katika njia hii unastahili kuzingatiwa. Mmoja ni Thich Nhat Hanh, ambaye katika mikutano mingi na Merton alimsaidia kuchunguza mawazo ya Mashariki ya huruma na uangalifu wa kila siku, akiendelea hadi muda mfupi kabla ya kifo cha Merton huko Bangkok mwaka wa 1968. Merton hangeweza kukuza ufahamu wa kina juu ya hali ya kiroho ya kuleta amani bila urafiki wake wa karibu na wapatanishi wengine wawili hai: Daniel Berrigan na mwanaharakati maarufu zaidi wa Robert, mwandishi wa zamani wa Robert Merton na mwanaharakati maarufu zaidi. rafiki.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Msomaji anaweza kukubali kwamba vikumbusho vya mara kwa mara vya Mpendwa vya uovu wa jeuri, ibada ya sanamu ya vita, na uharaka wa kupiga marufuku silaha zote za nyuklia husababisha katika sura kadhaa za kwanza kurudiwa-rudiwa fulani\u2014ambalo Mpendwa mwenyewe anakiri bila silaha. Lakini hii ni zaidi ya kurekebishwa na simu ya kuamka isiyofurahisha inayokuja katika sura ya 19, &#8221;Chant for Peace,&#8221; ambapo anamruhusu Merton kushikilia ukweli wa kikatili kuhusu vurugu zetu wenyewe mbele ya macho yetu. Shairi la Merton &#8221;Wimbo wa Kutumika Katika Maandamano karibu na Tovuti yenye Tanuru&#8221; lilionekana kwanza katika    <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mfanyakazi Mkatoliki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  mwaka wa 1961, na ndani yake tunasikia sauti ya kutisha ya ofisa wa Nazi akisherehekea, kana kwamba ni tendo la ibada au la uchamungu, kazi yake ya utiifu kwa serikali katika kuwaongoza mamilioni kwenye vyumba vya gesi na tanuri za kuchomea maiti. Ili kuhakikisha hakuna anayekosa jambo hilo, Merton anaongeza, &#8221;Usijifikirie bora kwa sababu unateketeza marafiki na maadui kwa makombora ya masafa marefu bila hata kuona ulichofanya.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mpendwa aonyesha, hasa katika sura ya 16, \u201cSi Kuokoka, bali Kutabiri,\u201d jinsi njia ya kibinafsi ya Merton ilivyomwongoza katika mapokeo ya kinabii bila kuepukika. Wakati Merton anatuita sote kugundua tena huduma yetu ya kinabii, anasema kwamba kila mmoja wetu ana wito wa kinabii na kwamba jumuiya ya imani ni jumuiya ya kinabii. Marafiki watafikiri mara moja juu ya maneno ya George Fox kuhusu nabii Yoeli anaposema, \u201cWana na binti, wala wajakazi, wasitishwe kutoa unabii.\u201d  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kwa mtazamo wa Mpendwa, uliochunguzwa katika sura ya 22, \u201cKuishi na Hekima, Mungu Wetu wa Kike,\u201d wazo la kiroho la Merton linafikia tamati na utimilifu wake wa kweli anapochapisha shairi lake maarufu la nathari \u201cHagia Sophia,\u201d akiadhimisha Hekima takatifu kama dhihirisho la kike la Mungu. Mpendwa ananukuu maneno ya mwanatheolojia kwamba \u201cHagia Sophia ni wimbo mkamilifu wa Merton kwa hadhi ya kitheolojia ya wanadamu na viumbe vyote &#8230; Ni wimbo wa kuamka, wimbo wa amani, wito wa amani. Amani, kwa Merton, inatii mwongozo wa Nuru ya Kristo.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wachache wetu hawatakubali kwamba kitabu cha Mpendwa, chembamba jinsi kilivyo, kinafaulu katika kutuangazia jinsi \u201cKuleta Amani\u201d na \u201cMaisha ya Kiroho\u201d ya kichwa chake kidogo ni kitu kimoja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marekebisho: toleo la uchapishaji la hakiki hii lilidai kuwa mwandishi John Dear alikuwa rafiki wa kibinafsi wa Merton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3076754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[9920,9949],"fpb_issue_category":[10211],"class_list":["post-3127240","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapitio-ya-kitabu-cha-quaker","category-vitabu-vya-oktoba-2015","fpb_issue_category-oktoba-2015-kuishi-kwa-uaminifu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Merton, Mfanya Amani: Tafakari juu ya Merton, Kufanya Amani, na Maisha ya Kiroho - 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\/thomas-merton-mfanya-amani-tafakari-juu-ya-merton-kufanya-amani-na-maisha-ya-kiroho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Merton, Mfanya Amani: Tafakari juu ya Merton, Kufanya Amani, na Maisha ya Kiroho - Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Na John Mpendwa. 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