Traces the life of the Trappist monk who became one of America's best known spiritual writers, describing his childhood and worldly education, his faith journey, writing career, and his involvement in social issues of his time.
... Bramachari maintained that Christianity and the West as a whole needed a revival of asceticism and suggested that he read some of the better Western books, such as Augustine's City of God and Thomas à Kempis's Imitation of Christ.
This volume provides a broad cross-section of Merton's work as an essayist, collecting pieces that are characteristic examples of his astonishing output and the fantastic breadth of his interests.
Deadly intent upon becoming a saint what else is there to do knowing that a can of beer is a help along the way. Father Basil takes us on a whirlwind review through the seasons of Mertons life and work.
This volume gathers together twelve essays that Thomas Merton wrote for various journals between 1947 and 1952, the years that saw the publication of his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, his ordination to the priesthood ...
Thomas Merton: Social Critic organizes and critically analyzes the social thought of the Cistercian monk who has become an internationally known symbol of the spiritual element in man.
The author describes the reasons for his trip to Asia and reflects on the constrictions of the monastic life.
Thomas Merton: a bibliography. (First revised and expanded edition.).
This collection of previously published introductions and prefaces to foreign translations of Thomas Merton's books provides additional insights into his writings about faith, monasticism, and Eastern philosophy.
Thomas Merton: Faithful Visionary offers the reader an opportunity to observe how one person sought and discovered an authentic life in Christ that embraced all humanity and addressed the social issues facing the modern world.
3 Quoted in William H. Shannon, Silent Lamp: The Thomas Merton Story (New York: Crossroad, 1993), 206. 4 Thomas Merton, The Asian Journal of ... of Jonas (New York: Harvest, 1981), 193. ALSO BY JON M. SWEENEY St. Francis of Assisi: His.
Thomas Mertron (1951-1968), the Trappist monk and author, remains one of the most influential spiritual guides of the twentieth century. Beginning with his autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, and scores...
A distinguished Merton scholar fully explores the inner life of perhaps the best-known writer on prayer and the most popular commentator on modern religion and spirituality of the twentieth century. Original.
One, My Argument with the Gestapo, eventually appeared in print in 1969 with the subtitle, A Macaronic Journal. This referred to Merton's frequent introduction of dialogue in a mixture of various European languages as well as to the ...
James Laughlin was the owner and editor of his own publishing house, New Directions Publishing, located in Norfolk, Connecticut. After the publication of ... Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters (New York: Norton), 1997; ...
By early 1952, as his godfather Ed Rice began planning his photomagazine Jubilee, Merton wrote to Sr. Thérèse, ... One clear indication that Merton was entering a new phase is the rewriting of his very first Commonweal article as ...
It is that, in part; but a highly subjective reflection, as Merton explained to me one day in “the vault” where he had his office. Furthermore, these comments relative to his ... A lot of rewriting. For instance rewrote an experience of ...
“We Are All Called to Be Saints: Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Friendship House. ... The Man in the Sycamore Tree: The Good Times and Hard Life of Thomas Merton. ... Shannon, William H. Thomas Merton's Dark Path.
“'Racism, White Privilege, and Thomas Merton on Transformative Spirituality and Justice. ... Thompson, Phillip M. Returning to Reality: Thomas Merton's Wisdom for a Technological World. ... The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton.
2015 Ishi Means Man; Early Essays: 1947-1952; What Are These Wounds; Exiles Ends in Glory; The Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton; Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians. 2016 The Cistercian Fathers and Their ...