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Merton, Thomas - 1915–68, American religious writer and poet, b. France. He grew up in France, England, and the United States and studied at Cambridge Univ. and at Columbia (B.A., 1938; M.A., 1939). Converted to the Roman Catholic Church during his college career, he became in 1941 a Trappist monk. He was later ordained a priest and is known in religion as Father M. Louis. Merton died as a

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The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton » Read Now
by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart. 528 pgs.

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As wide a following as the late Thomas Merton had while he lived, ever since his tragic accidental death in Bangkok in 1968, there has been a steady upsurge of interest in both his life and writings. A priest and Trappist monk by vocation, his theological works have been instrumental in reforming...
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As wide a following as the late Thomas Merton had while he lived, ever since his tragic accidental death in Bangkok in 1968, there has been a steady upsurge of interest in both his life and writings. A priest and Trappist monk by vocation, his theological works have been instrumental in reforming Western monasticism and in carrying on the religious dialog botanist and West; an enormously productive poet, his poems display an astonishing technical versatility and deeply felt humanity. Merton's stature as a critic, however, was not fully appreciated until the publication in 1981 of the first collection of his distinct literary essays, now available as a paperbo ok.
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The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton » Read Now
by Thomas Merton. 979 pgs.

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...The Collected Poems of THOMAS MERTON The Collected Poems of THOMAS MERTON A NEW DIRECTIONS BOOK Copyright 1946...of Gethsemani, Inc. Copyright @ 1968 by Thomas Merton...
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A Search for Wisdom and Spirit: Thomas Merton's Theology of the Self » Read Now
by Anne E. Carr. 171 pgs.

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...SEARCH FOR WISDOM AND SPIRIT: THOMAS MERTONS THEOLOGY OF THE SELF A Search for Wisdom and Spirit THOMAS MERTONS THEOLOGY OF THE SELF Anne...Rights Reserved An excerpt from...
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Harder Than War: Catholic Peacemaking in Twentieth-Century America (Chap. 5 "Thomas Merton at the Crossroads of Peace") » Read Now
by Patricia McNeal. 318 pgs.

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...Vatican II 71 5 Thomas Merton at the Crossroads of Peace...would evolve in the writings of Thomas Merton--she did not hesitate to proclaim...and Philip Berrigan and Bishop...
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The Conversion Experience in America: A Sourcebook on Religious Conversion Autobiography (Chap. 20 "Thomas Merton (1915-1968): The Seven Storey Mountain") » Read Now
by James Craig Holte. 234 pgs.

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This volume provides a sourcebook for the study of American religious conversion narratives. It includes chapters, arranged alphabetically, on 30 significant writers of conversion narratives including early colonial writers, such as Mary Rowlandson, 19th-century women writers, such as Carry Nation...
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This volume provides a sourcebook for the study of American religious conversion narratives. It includes chapters, arranged alphabetically, on 30 significant writers of conversion narratives including early colonial writers, such as Mary Rowlandson, 19th-century women writers, such as Carry Nation, 20th-century social gospel writers, such as Dorothy Day, writers from the age of televangelism, such as Jim Bakker, and writers from outside the mainstream of American culture, such as Frederick Douglass, Eldridge Cleaver, and Piri Thomas. Each entry provides a short biography, discussions of the narrative and the critical response, and a bibliography.
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A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American Religious History (Chap. Nine "A Hidden Wholeness: Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.") » Read Now
by Albert J. Raboteau. 236 pgs.

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...9. A Hidden Wholeness: Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr...choirboys from my parish church, St. Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor, Michigan...against slavery. Methodist...
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Autobiographical Occasions and Original Acts: Versions of American Identity from Henry Adams to Nate Shaw (Chap. 3 "The Soul and the Self: Black Elk and Thomas Merton") » Read Now
by Albert E. Stone. 352 pgs.

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...Soul and the Self. Black Elk and Thomas Merton 59 4 The Childhood...Seven Storey Mountain , by Thomas Merton, copyright 1948, by Harcourt...and The Sign of Jonas , by...
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The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962 (Chap. 7 "Jack Kerouac and Thomas Merton, the Last Catholic Romantics") » Read Now
by James Terence Fisher. 305 pgs.

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...unpublished correspondence of Thomas Merton are reprinted by permission of...the Merton Legacy Trust of the Thomas Merton Studies Center. Passages from...7 Jack Kerouac and...
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Monastic Liberation as Counter-Cultural Critique in the Life and Thought of Thomas Merton, in Cross Currents » Read Now
by Shaul Magid. 18 pgs.

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...Critique in the Life and Thought of Thomas Merton. by Shaul Magid...devotional import. My interest in Thomas Merton is clearly not of this modern...critique. Mertons Life...
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Thomas Merton's Contemplative Struggle: Bridging the Abyss to Freedom, in Cross Currents » Read Now
by George A. Kilcourse Jr. 9 pgs.

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...Thomas Mertons contemplative struggle: bridging the...after his death, how does one gauge Thomas Mertons continuing appeal? On October 4, 1998...Gethsemani are available on...
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Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History ("Thomas Merton, Letter from Asia (1968)" begins on p. 362) » Read Now
by Thomas A. Tweed, Stephen Prothero. 416 pgs.

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Asian Religions in America presents the breadth and depth of the American encounter with Asian religions through a wide range of documents -- written and visual, from both elite and popular culture -- dating from 1788 to the present. Selections discuss Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shinto...
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Asian Religions in America presents the breadth and depth of the American encounter with Asian religions through a wide range of documents -- written and visual, from both elite and popular culture -- dating from 1788 to the present. Selections discuss Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shinto, Confucianism, and Taoism and their places in the American religious landscape. Entries are divided into four chronological periods: before 1840, 18401924, 1924-1965, and 1965 to the present The editors have provided an introduction that gives a brief overview of the key beliefs and practices of the major Asian religious traditions.
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A Usable Past: Essays on Modern & Contemporary Poetry ("Thomas Merton" begins on p. 245) » Read Now
by Paul Mariani. 280 pgs.

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Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement: Centenary Essays ("Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton: Overview of a Work in Progress" begins on p. 363) » Read Now
by William J. Thorn, Phillip M. Runkel, Susan Mountin. 582 pgs.

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...21. Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton: Overview of a Work in Progress...of the lives of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton, including their prolific writings...right and nonviolence...
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A Christian Perspective on Spirituality in Light of the Lives of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton, in Re-vision » Read Now
by Jim Forest. 6 pgs.

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...of the Lives of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Jim Forest Jim Forest...with Wisdom , a biography of Thomas Merton, and of Love Is the Measure...Catholicism were Dorothy Day...
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Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination » Read Now
by Ross Labrie. 263 pgs.

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Roman Catholic priest, a Trappist monk, a social activist, and a poet. But he is undoubtedly best known as the most important American religious writer of the past hundred years. One of the notable characteristics of Merton's writing, both in poetry and in prose, was...
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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Roman Catholic priest, a Trappist monk, a social activist, and a poet. But he is undoubtedly best known as the most important American religious writer of the past hundred years. One of the notable characteristics of Merton's writing, both in poetry and in prose, was his seamless intermingling of religious and Romantic elements, an intermingling that, because of his gifts as a writer and because of his enormous influence, has had the effect of making widespread a distinctive form of religious thought and expression. In Thomas Merton and the Inclusive Imagination, Ross Labrie reveals the breadth of Merton's intellectual reach by taking an original and systematic look at Merton's thought, which is generally regarded as eclectic and unsystematic.
What captured Merton's attention about Romanticism and mysticism and what held his attention virtually all his life was his consciousness of the onto-logical significance of unity and wholeness. Even though he was far from being a systematic thinker, Merton's writings form a coherent whole when considered from the point of view of his emphasis on unity and wholeness. Labrie skillfully examines Merton's letters, journals, and individual works to show the full expanse of his contribution. By using insights from the Romantic literary tradition and from the mystical tradition, the author is able to make sense of Merton's writings from all periods of his life. Although Labrie covers such sweeping topics as consciousness, self, being, nature, time, myth, culture, and individuation, he always remains focused on Merton's specific, unique contributions in each area.
This thought-provoking work, which includes newmaterial from the recent full publication of Merton's journals and from his Columbia University note-books on Romanticism, not only shows Merton's intellectual growth but provides a look at his expanse of interests as well. Thomas
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The Geography of Lograire » Read Now
by Thomas Merton. 143 pgs.

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...THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOGRAIRE THOMAS MERTON A NEW DIRECTIONS BOOK Copyright...to be identified, from which Thomas Merton quoted or paraphrased in writing...from which he did...