The First Portrait Of Spiritual Luminary Thomas Keatings Remarkable Evolution, In The Last Decades Of His Life, Into A Fully Realized Modern-day Christian The First Four Decades Of His Life As A Trappist Monk, Thomas Keating Created A Comprehensive, Unified Psychospiritual Pathway Leading From Healing To Holiness And From Contemporary Psychological Wellness To Classic Mystical Sanctity And Beatitude.as One Of The Key Innovators Of The Meditative Practice Of Centering Prayer, He Fashioned A Powerful On-ramp To The Christian Contemplative Tradition. Yet, As Beloved Author And Keating Disciple Cynthia Bourgeault Shows, That Was Not The End Of Keatings Storyhis Evolution As A Spiritual Thinker And Mystic Continued In Ways Few Have Explored In Depth. In This Unique Blend Of Biography, Personal Experience, And Close Reading Of His Late Works, Bourgeault Illuminates Keatings Remarkable Spiritual Development From The Late 1980s Until His Death In 2018.