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Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision

Book by Lawrence S. Cunningham; W.B. Eerdmans, 1999

Subjects:

Merton, Thomas--1915-1968, Monastic And Religious Life, Monks--United States--Biography, Trappists--United States--Biography

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

does not understand Merton as a monk, one does not understand Merton...contempla- tive experience as a Trappist monk. Indeed, if this book can be said...one does not understand him as a monk. Getting to that monastic reality...
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On Desire: Why We Want What We Want

Book by William B. Irvine; Oxford University Press, 2006

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...sudden desire to become a Trappist monk was due either to evolu...our ancestors who be- came Trappist monks were more likely to reproduce...or to advertising (the Trappists dont advertise). The mysterious...desires away from life in a Trappist monastery-or if not this...
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The Conversion Experience in America: A Sourcebook on Religious Conversion Autobiography

Book by James Craig Holte; Greenwood Press, 1992

Subjects:

Christian Converts--United States--Biography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Franciscan and later as a Trappist. While waiting, he taught...1941, Merton entered the Trappist monastery, Our Lady of Gethsemani...1968, Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk. While living and working...Tibetan Buddhists and Asian monks, Merton presented a speech...
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Lift Up Your Voice like a Trumpet: White Clergy and the Civil Rights and Antiwar Movements, 1954-1973

Book by Michael B. Friedland; University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Subjects:

Civil Rights Workers--United States--History--20th Century, Clergy--United States--Political Activity--History--20th Century, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest Movements--United States--History, Whites--United States--Politics And Government

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the one commodity of which the Trappist monk had precious little. By the summer...visits to meet with the famous Trappist poet and essayist. When the new...luck. Hope you enjoy your new Trappist vocation," he added, alluding...
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Eastern Spirituality in America: Selected Writings

Book by Robert S. Ellwood; Paulist Press, 1987

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...quality that attracted the well-known Trappist monk Thomas Merton to the old Taoist sage...quickly made him the most famous monk in America. Subsequently, his faith...among his own books. " The convert Trappist become ecclesiastical reformer and...

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History of Engaged Buddhism: a Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh-hanoi, Vietnam, May 6-7, 2008

Journal article by Thich Nhat Hanh; Human Architecture, Vol. 6, 2008

Subjects:

Buddhism, Monks, Mosques & temples, Society, Teachers, Young adults

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...especially the young people-monks, nuns, lay practitioners...I met Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, and I gave him a copy of...of young people, including monks and nuns, to go to the countryside...young people, including young monks and nuns. Finally we had more...
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They Who Burned Themselves for Peace: Quaker and Buddhist Self-Immolators during the Vietnam War

Journal article by Sallie B. King; Buddhist-Christian Studies, 2000

Subjects:

Buddhist monks--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Martyrs--Analysis, Quakers--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Suicide--Religious aspects, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Demonstrations, protests, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Vietnam. The venerable Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc was the first...Many Vietnamese Buddhist monks and nuns followed his example...Roger LaPorte, a former Trappist seminarian who had become a...self-burning by a Buddhist monk in the area of present Vietnam...the Southeast Asian Theravada monks, two straightforwardly opposed...rather than reconciliation. The monk who supported self-immolation...
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Thomas Merton and the Ethical Edge of Comtemplation

Journal article by Karl A. Plank; Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Christianity, Ethics, Literary criticism, Merton, Thomas, Monks, Spirituality

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...idea of) going to the Trappists is exciting, it fills...without qualification. But monks do find that the world...holy desert where the monk gives up everything...even as cloistered monks take up their appointed...York writer to silent Trappist, his turning will continue...
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Essential Reading

Journal article by Tim Vivian; Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Books, Christianity, History, Monasteries, Monks, Spirituality, Translations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Orthodox, Anglican), monasteries, monks and nuns are now actively reaching out...translation. At the same time a number of monks, clergy, scholars, and laypersons have...together eight autobiographical essays by monks and nuns, who "share something of their...
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Broadening the Concept of Rational Economic Behavior: A Case Study of Cheese Making at the Abbey of Tamie

Journal article by Betsy Jane Clary; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 65, 2007

Subjects:

Monasteries--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...purpose and central aspect of the monks lives is prayer, both communal...economically self-sustaining and all monks must work to help sustain the...calling" of a Cistercian Trappist monk, although the labor is not...Christmas seasons, and the monks at Mepkin Abbey in South Carolina...

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A Glorious Secret - among Belgium's Trappist Brewers

Magazine article by Janet Forman; World and I, Vol. 15, October 2000

Subjects:

Breweries--Religious aspects, Brewing industry--Religious aspects, Monastic and religious life--Belgium, Monastic life--Belgium, Monks

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...organic farming. When the Trappists saw that other abbey breweries...Father Thomas, the maverick monk who had developed Westmalles...Father Thomas, becoming a monk was like taking a bride...you are engaged. Becoming a monk is like getting married...Although men can become monks at 18, Father Thomas tells...out. "The only aim of a Trappist monk is to look for God...
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A Monk, a Rabbi, and the 'Meaning of This Hour': War and Nonviolence in Abraham Joshua Heschel and Thomas Merton*

Magazine article by Shaul Magid; Cross Currents, Vol. 55, Summer 2005

Subjects:

Christianity--Social aspects, Islam--Social aspects, Islam--United States, Judaism--Social aspects, Nonviolence--Evaluation, Religious conflict--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

A Monk, a Rabbi, and the Meaning of This Hour: War and Nonviolence in Abraham...one Jewish, Thomas Merton and Abraham Joshua Heschel. While Merton, a Trappist monk staring as a convert to Catholicism as a young adult, wrote extensively...
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It's Monk Month at Oddbins, the Chain That Simply Wants to Please Its Customers. Suit You, Sir

Magazine article by Laurie Taylor; New Statesman, Vol. 126, April 11, 1997

Subjects:

Oddbins--Management, United Kingdom--Stores, shopping centers, etc., Wine industry--Management

Collections: Entire Library

Its Monk Month at Oddbins, the chain that simply...the rest of April the company is running a Monk Month, which not only gives you an exceptional...opportunity to try the most comprehensive range of Trappist beers available, but also offers a free...
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Who Killed the Monks?

Magazine article by Claire Spencer; The World Today, Vol. 54, August 1998

Subjects:

Algeria, Civil war, Investigations, Islam, Massacres, Minority & ethnic violence, Missionaries, UN, United Nations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Who Killed the Monks? by Claire Spencer THE BIZARRE - and...tale of the killings of seven French Trappist monks in western Algeria in 1996 is only one...include the fact that the coffins of the monks, weighted by soil, contained only their...
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Monastic Liberation as Counter-Cultural Critique in the Life and Thought of Thomas Merton

Magazine article by Shaul Magid; Cross Currents, Vol. 49, Winter 1999

Subjects:

Judaism--Social aspects, Merton, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Monastic and religious life--Social aspects, Monks--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious thought--20th century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Thomas praised Aristotles Metaphysics, the monks praised St. Benedicts Rule and the Dese...schoolmen spoke of the university, the monk spoke of the desert. Yet it is presumptuous...reflects Mertons sentiment when he said. The monks principal purpose is not to reveal the...

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The Celebrity Monk Who Taught Us to Stop and Think

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), December 5, 2011

Subjects:

Celebrities

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Celebrity Monk Who Taught Us to Stop and Think. Byline...chose a particularly austere life as a Trappist monk in Kentucky. Shortly after entering...have been a struggle to be a celebrity monk and a trial for his Abbot, who had to...
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Hijacker Wanted Pope to Reveal Holy Secret; I Took over Plane to Tell World of Fatima Mystery, Says Monk

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 21, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...over Plane to Tell World of Fatima Mystery, Says Monk. A FORMER Trappist monk has broken his 18-year silence to explain why he...minutes before the plane reached Heathrow Airport, the monk told the captain of the plane to land at Le Touqet...
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Beckham Has Been a Lot More Focused since We Turned Him into a Monk

Newspaper article by Brian Reade; The Mirror (London, England), July 4, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Has Been a Lot More Focused since We Turned Him into a Monk. by Brian Reade ITS June 30, 2002 and in Tokyos newly...United, adidas, Brylcreem and Posh Spice and become a Trappist Monk. Its really got him focused. MOTSON: Will he score...
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Demand Up for Monk's Beer

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2011

Subjects:

Beer

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...St. Sixtus is home to 22 Trappist monks who have chosen a life...still produced exclusively by Trappist monks, thus limiting the...for Belgiums most famous Trappist beer, Chimay. The St...into the monks lives. The Trappists, formally known as the Order...Sixtus, five of the 22 monks - who range in age from 35...means to living the life of a monk, Bode said, noting that...
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It's a Monk's Life; Religious Retreats Offer a Refuge from the Hurly-Burly of Everyday Life. Could You Cope with Life in a Monastery? ....but You Haven't a Prayer If You Want to Book a Weekend Visit before Christmas

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 23, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...my order of service as the monks chant their way through the...teeth of the wicked!" These monks, vocal descendants of the silent Trappist tradition, dont mince their...get you down?" The learned monk thinks for a short moment...minutes. Afterwards, the monks return to their rooms for silent...

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Merton, Thomas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...college career, he became in 1941 a Trappist monk. He was later ordained a priest and...ecumenical council of Catholic and Buddhist monks. Among his volumes of poems are Figures...1948, repr. 1970), two volumes on Trappist life, The Waters of Siloe (1949) and...

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