Life history of thomas merton
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Thomas Merton's Life and Work
- My Argument with the Gestapo; Contemplative Prayer; The Geography of Lograire
- Contemplation in a World of Action
- The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton; He Is Risen
- Ishi Means Man
- The Monastic Journey; The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton
- Love and Living
- The Non-Violent Alternative
- The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton; Day of a StrangerIntroductions East and West: The Foreign Prefaces of Thomas Merton (reprinted in under title "Honorable Reader" Reflections on My Work)
- Woods, Shore and Desert: A Notebook, May
- The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters on Religious Experience and Social Concerns (Letters, 1)
- A Vow of Conversation: Journals ; Thomas Merton in Alaska: The Alaskan Conferences, Journals and Letters
- The Road to Joy: Letter to New and Old Friends (Letters, II)
- The School of Charity: Letters on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Di
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But that house, the Abbey of Gethsemani, would not, over the long run, prove to be the home that Merton had hoped it would be. For one thing, he suffered profound anxiety about his writing. He loved writing and believed that he was good at it, but it was not klar whether writing was compatible with the highly communal life of Gethsemani. Would he not, bygd writing, set himself apart from his brothers in unhealthy ways? His abbot encouraged him to write, and when his autobiography, “The Seven Storey Mountain,” appeared in and quickly became a best-seller, the abbot’s wisdom was surely confirmed.
Or was it? To be sure, “The Seven Storey Mountain” was a magnificent advertisement for Catholicism in general and for monastic life in particular—almost every monastery in America saw a massive upsurge in postulants in the years following the book’s publication—and all of the book’s considerable royalties went straight into the bank account of the abbey. However, the more Merton wrote, the le
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Thomas Merton
American Trappist monk (–)
For the English physicist, see Thomas Ralph Merton.
Not to be confused with Thomas Manton or Thomas Morten.
Thomas MertonOCSO (January 31, &#;&#; December 10, ), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. He was a monk in the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from to his death.
Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years,[1] mostly on spirituality, social justice, and pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Among Merton's most widely-read works is his bestselling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain ().
Merton became a keen proponent of interfaith understanding, exploring Eastern religions through study and practice. He pioneered dialogue with prominent Asian spiritual figures including the Dalai Lama, Japanese writer D.&#;T. Suzuki, Thai Buddhi