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			Thomas Merton Books Sort books by clicking on the desired column. Show Only New Books Title   Author/Editor   Description   Media Price A BOOK OF HOURS   Merton, Thomas, ; Edited by Kathleen Deignan   Some of Merton's most lyrical and prayerful writings have been arranged into A Book of Hours, a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that imitates the increasingly popular ancient monastic practice of "praying the hours". Deignan has mined Merton's voluminous writings, arranging prayers for Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Dark for each of the days of the week--allowing for a slice of monastic contemplation in the midst of hectic modern life, with psalms, prayers, readings, and reflections.   Hardback $18.95 A YEAR WITH THOMAS MERTON / DAILY MEDITATIONS FROM HIS JOURNALS   Merton, Thomas; Selected & Edited by Jonathan Montaldo   This daily companion offers Merton's wisdom and spiritual guidance for one's own spiritual journey. Selections are attuned to the seasons and to the movements of Merton's own life. Each month is prefaced by one of Merton's black & white photographs or by one of his Zen-style pen and ink drawings.   Hardback $21.95 ANGELIC MISTAKES, THE ART OF THOMAS MERTON   Lipsey, Roger   Merton's art has been little seen, and even less understood. In bringing this art to light for the first time, Lipsey, an art critic and historian, opens a new chapter in Merton studies. Angelic Mistakes presents forty of the most telling examples of Merton's art. Each of the forty pieces is accompanied by an excerpt from Merton's own writing on art—addressing both process and philosophy—some of which have never been published before. The works are visually compelling and a source of rich insights into Merton as an author and man of spirit—as Lipsey shows in his accompanying essays, which detail what the art meant to Merton, how it expresses what he was going through, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, and what it can mean to us today.   Hardback $26.95 ART OF THOMAS MERTON   Labrie, Ross   An introduction to Merton as a literary figure.   Paperback $24.95 ASCENT TO TRUTH   Merton, Thomas   Reflections on St. John of the Cross and Carmelite spirituality.   Paperback $14.00 ASIAN JOURNAL   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Naomi Burton, Patrick Hart, & James Laughlin   Merton's journal of his fateful visit to the Orient in 1968   Paperback $16.95 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MONASTIC SPIRITUALITY   Merton, Thomas   In this early work, Merton urges monks to keep alive that spiritual atmosphere without which all that is good and sane in human culture will die of asphyxiation.   Paperback $10.95 BECOMING WHO YOU ARE   Martin, SJ, James   By meditating on personal examples from the author's life, as well as reflecting on the inspirational life and writings of Thomas Merton, stories from the Gospels, as well as the lives of other holy men and women (among them, Henri Nouwen, Therese of Lisieux and Pope John XXIII) the reader will see how becoming who you are, and becoming the person that God created, is a simple path to happiness, peace of mind and even sanctity.   Paperback $10.00 BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS   Merton, Thomas   Merton's collection of personal notes on the psalms. This addition is a facsimilie of the book design of the first publication printed in 1953.   Paperback $12.95 CASSIAN AND THE FATHERS / INITIATION INTO THE MONASTIC TRADITION   Merton, Thomas, Edited by Patrick F. O'Connell   This book is the initial volume in a series of Novitiate Conferences of Thomas Merton. It contains his insights on patristic and monastic figures preceding the time of St Benedict, above all John Cassian, the most significant bridge between the early desert fathers and the monastic life of the West. They reveal the continuing relevance of their teachings for contemporary monastics and other Christians. These class notes prepared by Merton cast light on Merton the teacher, novice master, and monk.   Paperback $29.95 CATCH OF ANTI-LETTERS   Merton, Thomas & Robert Lax   This book was first published in 1978. It is the playful exchange of letters between the two contemplatives whose friendship began at Columbia University and flourished for 27 years. Merton adds Zen drawings; Lax, experimental poems.   Paperback $12.95 COLD WAR LETTERS   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Christine M. Bochen and William H. Shannon; Foreword by Jim Douglass   Published in book form for the first time, Thomas Merton’s Cold War Letters is a collection of 111 letters to friends, peace activists, artists, and intellectuals, written between October 1961 and October 1962 at the height of Cold War tensions. Originally distributed in mimeographed form (after he was forbidden to publish his thoughts on peace), the letters reflect Merton’s prophetic insight into the crisis of his time. As the world seemed to tumble toward Apocalypse, Merton sought in these letters—uncannily relevant for today—to create a community of concern that might raise a moral counterweight to the forces of fear and destruction.   Paperback $16.00 CONJECTURES OF A GUILTY BYSTANDER   Merton, Thomas; Introduction by Thomas Moore   In this series of notes, opinions, experiences, & reflections, Merton examines some of the most urgent questions of our age--politics, racial strife, modern life & values. Merton at his best.   Paperback $15.95 CONTEMPLATION IN A WORLD OF ACTION   Merton, Thomas; Foreword by Robert Coles, M.D.   The spiritual & psychological insights of these essays were nurtured in a monastic milieu, but their issues are universally human. Our desire and need to attain "a fully human and personal identity" is the focus of Merton's concern.   Paperback $19.95 CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER   Merton, Thomas; Introduction byThich Nhat Hanh   A practical book on prayer. Originally published as Climate of Monastic Prayer.   Paperback $10.95 DANCING IN THE WATER OF LIFE   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Robert E. Daggy   Vol 5 of the Merton journals covers the period from 1963-1965. During this period he challenges the powers that be in Gethsemani & Washington, while exploring every spiritual, literary, and personal link to a more meaningful active life. He strives as never before for inner peace.   Paperback $17.95 DIALOGUES WITH SILENCE   Merton, Thomas, Edited by Jonathan Montaldo   Like his beautifully crafted letters and journals, Merton's prayers and drawings reveal his multifaceted personality, his hunger for God and his passion for providing others with a glimpse of the path to union with God. Merton's black-and-white line drawings along with the monk's prayers, most of which have been previously published are printed on facing pages.   Paperback $14.95 DISPUTED QUESTIONS   Merton, Thomas   Explores interaction of the active & contemplative life.   Paperback $11.00 ECHOING SILENCE / THOMAS MERTON ON THE VOCATION OF WRITING   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Robert Enchausti   For a time Merton struggled with the notion that the vocation of the monk and the vocation of the writer were incompatible. Monasticism called for complete surrender to the absolute, whereas writing demanded a tactical withdrawal from experience in order to record it. He eventually came to accept his dual vocation as two sides of the same spiritual coin and used it as a source of creative tension the rest of his life. Merton’s thoughts on writing have never been compiled into a single volume until now. Robert Inchausti has mined the vast Merton literature to discover what he had to say on a whole spectrum of literary topics, including writing as a spiritual calling, the role of the Christian writer in a secular society, the joys and mysteries of poetry, and evaluations of his own literary work. Also included are fascinating glimpses of his take on a range of other writers, including Thoreau, Flannery O’Connor, Dylan Thomas, Albert Camus, James Joyce, and even Henry Miller.   Paperback $14.00 ENCOUNTER   Merton, Thomas & D.T. Suzuki; Edited by Robert E. Daggy   The letters exchanged between the two authors as well as a section of entries from two of Merton's journals.   Hardback $48.00 ENTERING THE SILENCE   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo   This is Volume 2 two of Merton's journals and covers an 11 year period from December 1941 to July 1952. During this period Merton advances to the priest hood and develops his literary career. (The hardbound copy is a first edition, out-of-print copy in fine condition.)   Hardback Paperback $50.00 $17.95 FAITH & VIOLENCE   Merton, Thomas   Christian teaching and practice.   Paperback $20.00 FOLLOW THE ECSTASY   Griffin, John Howard   Revised edition. Merton's hermitage years from 1965-68.   Paperback $16.95 GANDHI ON NON-VIOLENCE   Merton, Thomas   Selected texts from Gandhi's non-violence in PEACE AND WAR.   Paperback $8.95 GEOGRAPHY OF LOGRAIRE   Merton, Thomas   Merton's final testament as a poet. It is his most ambitious long work and a remarkable poetic achievement. It was completed in 1968 a few months before he set out from Kentucky on the Asian journey from which he did not return.   Paperback $7.95 INDEX TO THE PUBLISHED LETTERS OF THOMAS MERTON   Burton, Patricia A.   The Index is organized in two ways: 1) by addressee and 2) by date of each letter.   Paperback $20.00 INNER EXPERIENCE / NOTES ON CONTEMPLATION   Merton , Thomas; Edited by William H Shannon   The long awaited writings of Merton's on contemplation edited by William Shannon. This Inner Experience makes an enormously valuable contribution to Merton's works. Merton draws on the great Christian traditions that he knew so well, and particularly on the Eastern traditions--especially Buddhism.   Paperback $15.95 INTIMATE MERTON   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Patrick Hart, OCSO , & Jonathan Montaldo   This volume is a concise yet comprehensive "walk" through the years, reflections, feelings, & prayers of Merton, who conceded that "my best writing has always been in journals". It is a condensed version of the seven complete journals.   Paperback $17.95 JOURNEYS INTO EMPTINESS   Gunn, Robert Jingen   Author traces the lives of three famous religious seekers (Dogen, Merton, Jung) and their quests for personal transcendence.   Paperback $19.95 LAST OF THE FATHERS   Merton, Thomas   On St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the encyclical letter Doctor Mellifluous.   Paperback $8.00 LEARNING TO LOVE /1st Edition   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Christine M. Bochen   Volume Six of the Merton Journals brings us to the years 1966-1967. It is the most revealing & unpredictable period. Falling in love causes great struggles in reconciling this unexpected love with his monastic vows. He expresses anger at wars and outrage at racisim. He is at his intellectual peak & carries on an active global correspondence.   Hardback $200.00 LENT & EASTER WISDOM FROM THOMAS MERTON   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo   Let the words of Trappist monk Thomas Merton lead you through the holy season of Lent and into Easter. The author was known for his journaling skills. With that in mind, the daily format includes an explanation of one facet of the season, followed by Mertons' writings, appropriate Scripture passages and a daily journal topic to encourage your own thoughts related to Lent and Easter.   Paperback $9.95 LIFE AND HOLINESS   Merton, Thomas; Introduction by Henri J.M.Nouwen   Merton's classic text on incorporating spirituality in everyday life.   Paperback $10.95 LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN /AN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE   Elie, Paul   The author weaves the story of four writers (Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy) as a pilgrimage as they explore the quandaries of religious faith through their writings. It is a story about the ways we look to great books and writers to help us make sense of our experience, about the power of literature to change--to save--our lives.   Paperback $15.00 LITERARY ESSAYS OF THOMAS MERTON   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Patrick Hart   Over fifty essays on such authors as Blake, Camus, Joyce, Faulkner, Pasternak, and Zukofsky, along with such poets as Raissa Maritain, Cuadra, & Cardinal.   Paperback $26.95 LIVING WITH WISDOM   Forest, James   Revised edition of Pictorial Biography. A good introduction to Merton's life and work.   Paperback $18.95 LOVE AND LIVING   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Bro. Patrick Hart   Essays and meditations that center on the theme of the need for love in learning to live.   Paperback $13.00 MEDITATIONS WITH MERTON   Vandergrift, Nicki Verploegen   Author has assembled a collage of Scripture quotes, original prayers, and Merton's own words.   Paperback $9.95 MERTON & FRIENDS   Harford, James   A triple biography, told largely through their correspondence, of 3 college friends who ultimately went on to literary fame--religious writer Thomas Merton, minimalist poet Robert Lax, and author/photographer/magazine publisher Edward Rice. Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, and Edward Rice were college buddies who became life-long friends, literary innovators, and spiritual iconoclasts. Their friendship and collaboration began at Columbia College in the 1930s and reached its climax in the widely acclaimed magazine, which ran from 1953 to 1967, a year before Merton's death.. Rice was founder, publisher, editor, and art director; Merton and Lax two of his steadiest collaborators. Well-known on campus for their high spirits, avant-garde appreciation of jazz and Joyce, and indiscriminate love of movies, they also shared their Catholic faith. Rice, a cradle Catholic, was godfather to both Merton and Lax.   Hardback $35.95 MERTON & HESYCHASM / THE PRAYER OF THE HEART   Edited by Bernadette Dieker and Jonathan Montaldo   This book provides a comprehensive and inspiring account of Merton's interest in the spirituality of the Eastern Orthodox Church, especially the practice of the prayer of the heart. Among other writers included are Kallistos Ware, Gray Henry, James Curtsinger, A.M. Allchin, and John Eudes Bamberger   Paperback $29.95 MERTON & SUFISM   Baker, Rob & Gray Henry, Edited By   Includes scholarly articles, Merton's own Sufi poems, book reviews, transcriptions from his related lectures, & selections of works from which Merton drew inspiration.   Paperback $28.95 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 02   Daggy, Robert , Patrick Hart, Dewey Weiss & Victor Kramer   Articles about Merton. Also first appearances of his unpublished, or obscurely published, materials, photographs, & art.   Hardback $75.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 03   Daggy, Robert , Patrick Hart, Dewey Weiss & Victor Kramer   This volume continues to select from the continuing work of scholars, critics, & writers who are fascinated with Thomas Merton's growth and development. Volume III includes the exchange of letters with Dom Jean Leclercq and an interview with Abbot Flavian Burns.   Hardback $75.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 04   Daggy, Robert , Patrick Hart, Dewey Weiss & Victor Kramer   This book follows patterns established in preceding volumes. The range of materials about religion, culture, literature & social concerns reflects Merton's diverse interests as well as the approaches which scholars, writers, & critics bring to bear in subsequent investigations of his work.   Hardback $75.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 05   Daggy, Robert , Patrick Hart, Dewey Weiss & Victor Kramer   A continued selection from the work of scholars, critics, & writers studying Merton's growth and development. Articles by Robert Lax, Donald Allchin, and John Dear, SJ, as well as a previously unpublished Merton transcript entitled Man in the Sycamore Tree, A Fragment of an Early Novel are included.   Hardback $65.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 06   Kilcourse, George, Edited by   The mission of the Annual has been broadened to make more connections between Merton's vision and the contemporary world of scholarship. This volume includes articles by E Glenn Hinson, Rosemary Haughton, & Patrick O'Connell.   Paperback $40.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 07   Kramer, Victor, Edited by   Studies selected for this Annual reflect various contemporary currents about balancing contemplation and action. Included is the earliest known essay by Merton in relation to this subject.   Paperback $40.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 09   Kilcourse, George, Edited by   This Volume exemplifies how scholarly research can make Merton more accessible to a wider readership. Essays by Ross Labrie, Paul M Pearson, John Wu, Jr, & Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O are included.   Paperback $40.00 MERTON ANNUAL VOL 10   Kramer, Victor, Edited by   Included in Vol 10 is Merton's The School of the Spirit editied by Bro. Patrick Hart. Also articles by Emily Archer, David Cooper, David Joseph Belcastro, Patrick O'Connell, and Jonathan Montaldo.   Paperback $40.00 MERTON'S PALACE OF NOWHERE   Finley, James   Author explores Merton's thought--the quest for spiritual identity and provides a new look at Merton's approach to prayer and contemplation.   Paperback $13.95 MERTON: A BIOGRAPHY   Furlong, Monica   This book is among the first of several Merton biographies.   Paperback $16.95 MONASTIC JOURNEY   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Patrick Hart   Bro Patrick has included Merton's mature writings on both community monastic living and the contemplative experience.   Paperback $15.95 MORNINGS WITH THOMAS MERTON   Merton, Thomas ; Selected by John C. Blattner   Here is a small book with120 daily readings provided to provoke thought in the busyness of our daily routine.   Hardback $20.95 MY ARGUMENT WITH THE GESTAPO   Merton, Thomas   Early partly autobiographical novel.   Paperback $10.95 MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS   Merton, Thomas   Merton's study to understand the various ways in which different traditions help lead to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness.   Paperback $16.00 NEW MAN   Merton, Thomas   Merton discusses how we have become strangers to ourselves through our dependence on outward identity and success, all the while overlooking our real need: a concern with the image of God within ourselves.   Paperback $14.00 NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION   Merton, Thomas   One of Merton's classics on devotional meditations. Now also in a lovely hardbound gift edition.   Hardback Paperback $18.95 $13.95 NO MAN IS AN ISLAND   Merton, Thomas   Meditations on certain basic verities of spiritual life. Merton says "the spiritual life is the life of man's real self, the life of that interior self whose flame is so often allowed to be smothered under the ashes of anxiety and futile concern."   Hardback Paperback CD $16.95 $14.00 $35.95 ON RETREAT WITH THOMAS MERTON   Pennington, Basil M, OCSO   Pennington leads us to see God in all and through all with Merton as our guide.   Paperback $12.95 ON THE BANKS OF MONKS POND   Greene, Jonathan   This small book recalls and celebrates the tragically brief friendship and litrary collaboration that took place between Merton and Jonathan Green. Two essays on Merton provide context for the letters that follow. Their letters coincided with the limited run of Merton's literary magazine, "Monks Pond", and his exchange with Greene reveals two witty minds at work with the earnest joy of language. The book closes with a poignant elegiac poem by Greene.   Hardback $22.50 OPENING THE BIBLE   Merton, Thomas   Introduction to the scriptures.   Paperback $6.95 OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Patrick Hart   Volume Seven of the Merton Journals finds him exploring new territory, both spiritual and geographic. Merton enjoys a new freedom that brings with it a rich mix of solitude, spirited friendship & interaction with monks of other traditions.   Hardback $30.00 OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Patrick Hart   Volume Seven of the Merton Journals finds him exploring new territory, both spiritual and geographic. Merton enjoys a new freedom that brings with it a rich mix of solitude, spirited friendship & interaction with monks of other traditions.   Paperback $17.95 PATMOS JOURNAL: IN SEARCH OF THOMAS MERTON WITH ROBERT LAX   Hart, Patrick, OCSO   A small journal of Bro Patrick Hart's visit to Patmos.   Paperback $15.00 PRAYING THE PSALMS   Merton, Thomas   The psalms being hymns of praise only reveal their full meaning to those who use them in order to praise God.   Paperback $3.95 PRE-BENEDICTINE MONASTICISM   Merton, Thomas, Edited by Patrick F O'Connell   Charged with training young monks at Gethsemani Abbey, Thomas Merton combined his literary genius and his love of the monastic tradition to produce Monastic Orientation Notes as the bases of his classes. In this volume, he treats the many and varied forms of monastic life which preceded, and helped to form, the Rule of Saint Benedict.   Paperback $25.95 RAIDS ON THE UNSPEAKABLE   Merton, Thomas   Prose writings and abstract drawings on Merton's look at the world of the sixties.   Paperback $12.95 RETREAT WITH THOMAS MERTON / BECOMING WHO WE ARE   Padovano, Anthony T.   For seven days the author shares aspects of Merton's life, inviting us to get in touch with our own stories and spiritual journey.   Paperback $8.95 RUN TO THE MOUNTAIN: THE STORY OF A VOCATION   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Patrick Hart   After a 25 year moratorium the literary legacy of Merton has been published. This is Vol 1 of 7. It portrays the vibrant life of the young pre-monastic Merton.   Paperback $17.00 SEARCH FOR SOLITUDE   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham   Volume 3 of the Merton Journals comprising the years 1952-1960 chronicles his search for a more authentic experience of the divine and of community that led him to explore Zen, existentialism, and the exciting developments in Latin American Christianity.   Paperback $17.00 SEEDS   Merton, Thomas; Selected & edited by Robert Inchausti   An accessible introduction to Merton's works arranged in four sections. The collection of short, vivid excerpts comprise 1) Real and False Selves, 2) The World We Live In, 3) Antidotes to Illusion, and 4) Love in Action. There is no doubt that Merton's writings are as relevant today as they were in his lifetime.   Paperback $13.95 SEEKING PARADISE / THE SPIRIT OF THE SHAKERS   Merton, Thomas; Edited with an Introduction by Paul M Pearson   The question of Shaker spirituality and its relevance to today's seekers fascinated Merton. He sensed the surprising analogies between the Shakers and his own monastic tradition. A stunning selection of Merton's photographs from a nearby Shaker village along with his essays, talks, and letters which evoke the Shaker spirit and message of simplicity and peace of heart are brought together for the first time.   Hardback $24.00 SELECTED POEMS   Merton, Thomas   A representative sampling of Merton's poems.   Paperback $9.95 SEVEN DAY JOURNEY WITH THOMAS MERTON   de Waal, Esther ; Thomas Merton   Readers can journey with Merton on a seven-day retreat, meditating on the best of his contemplative writings & studying select photos taken by Merton himself. Step by step the author guides the reader to a greater awareness of self, of Christ, and of the wider world.   Paperback $18.95 SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN   Merton, Thomas   Merton's classic autobiography--50th anniversary edition with introduction by Robert Giroux.   Paperback $16.00 SIGN OF JONAS   Merton, Thomas   Merton's journals from 1946-1952. Includes the famous Fire Watch epilogue.   Paperback $15.00 SIGNS OF PEACE / THE INTERFAITH LETTERS OF THOMAS MERTON   Apel, William; Foreword by Paul M Pearson   Merton’s letters to interfaith friends illuminate the great challenge of dialogue and communion. During the last decade of his life, Thomas Merton corresponded with numerous people around the globe about world religions and the need for interfaith understanding. Initiating contact with figures like Zen scholar D.T. Suzuki, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Rabbi Abraham Heschel, he sought not only to expand his understanding of other faiths, but to find like-minded friends who might share his dream of a global community of the spirit. Such people, whom he called living “sacraments” or signs of peace, were those “able to unite in themselves and experience in their own lives all that is best and most true in the numerous spiritual traditions.”   Paperback $19.00 SILENT LAMP   Shannon, William H.   Achieveing a balance that none of the other biographies has managed to date this reflective biography illuminates Merton's inner life and chronicles his outer journey, telling the story in terms of the significant events and experiences that shaped his spiritual path.   Paperback $19.95 SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THOMAS MERTON   Givey, David   Merton's philosophy of non-violence.   Hardback $18.95 SONG FOR NOBODY: A MEMORY VISION OF THOMAS MERTON   Seitz, Ron   A memoir of the ten year friendship between the author and Merton. Includes prose, poetry and photographs by Seitz.   Paperback $10.95 SPIRITUAL DIRECTION & MEDITATION   Merton, Thomas   An aid to one searching for spiritual direction along with notes on meditation.   Paperback $7.95 SURVIVAL OR PROPHECY?   Merton, Thomas & Jean Leclercq; Edited by Bro Patrick Hart   Merton spent his literary career in a cloistered monastery in Kentucky. His great counterpart, Jean Leclercq, traveled relentlessly to and from monasteries worldwide, trying to bring about a long-needed reform and renewal of Catholic religious life. Their correspondence over twenty years is a fascinating record of the common yearnings of two holy men. "What is a monk?" is the question at the center of their exchange, and in these letters they answer it with great aplomb.   Hardback $22.00 THOMAS MERTON & EDUCATION OF THE WHOLE PERSON   Del Prete, Thomas   The essence of Merton's great contemplative thoughts on the goals and processes of education are presented.   Paperback $20.95 THOMAS MERTON & JAMES LAUGHLIN   Merton, Thomas , James Laughlin; Edited by David D. Cooper   These selected letters document the remarkable literary and personal relationship between Merton and Laughlin. They are a fascinating portrait of the times and an important view into the life and mind of Merton.   Hardback $35.00 THOMAS MERTON & THE INCLUSIVE IMAGINATION   Labrie, Ross   What held Merton's attention all his life was the notion of unity and wholeness. Labrie examines Merton's letters, journals, & individual works to show the full expanse of his contribution. Labrie covers such sweeping topics as consciousness, self, being, nature, time, myth, culture, and individuation.   Hardback $42.00 THOMAS MERTON & THE MONASTIC VISION   Cunningham, Lawrence S.   Author explores Merton's monastic life and subsequent growth into a modern day "spiritual master". He shows that Merton's faith in the power of the contemplative life remains highly relevant today.   Paperback $16.50 THOMAS MERTON & THICH NHAT HANH   King, Robert H.   Subtitled, Engaged Spirituality in an Age of Globalization, the author traces the journeys of Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh. Beginning in their own contemplative traditions and evolving through diligent and mindful practice, they found they had much in common and much compassionate work to do in 'the temples of contemporary human experience'.   Hardback $26.95 THOMAS MERTON (IN POETRY AS PRAYER SERIES)   Waldron, Robert; Foreword by Macrina Wiederkehr   The Poetry as Prayer Series offers poetic verse as a means to prayer exploring the connection between culture and religion, creativity and mysticism, literature and life.   Paperback $8.95 THOMAS MERTON , A SELECTION OF HIS WRITINGS   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Aileen Taylor; Introduction by Monica Furlong   Presents selections in a form suitable for daily reading and meditation.   Paperback $5.95 THOMAS MERTON ENCYCLOPEDIA   Shannon, William H, Christine M. Bochen, & Patrick F. O'Connell   An invaluable resource for serious Merton readers. Lawrence Cunningham says "an irresistible volume for browsing for the sheer enjoyment of it." Includes 350 entries and 50 illustrations. Essays cover all of Merton's published writings, the essential themes from his ouevre, the individuals who were important in his life, and the places where he lived out his life.   Paperback $35.00 THOMAS MERTON ESSENTIAL WRITINGS   Merton, Thomas; Selected & with Introduction by Christine Bochen   Bochen has selected a broad range of Merton's writings, including his letters, and highlights his threefold call to: prayer, compassion, & unity.   Paperback $14.00 THOMAS MERTON MONK, A MONASTIC TRIBUTE   Hart, Patrick, Revised edition   Articles and poems on the many facets of Merton.   Paperback $15.95 THOMAS MERTON MY BROTHER   Pennington, M. Basil OCSO   Pennington looks at Merton from an insider's perspective.   Paperback $15.95 THOMAS MERTON ON ST. BERNARD   Merton, Thomas; Introduction by Jean Leclercq   A clear, simple, and unsophisticated summary of St. Bernard's thoughts.   Paperback $15.95 THOMAS MERTON READER   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Thomas McDonnell   Significant selections from Merton's major and lesser known writings.   Paperback $18.95 THOMAS MERTON SPIRITUAL MASTER   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham   An updated anthology, this volume contains substantial selections from Merton's prose writing. There are excerpts from his journals, reflections on monasticism, on Eastern religions, and on the place of spirituality in contemporary life.   Paperback $19.95 THOMAS MERTON'S AMERICAN PROPHECY   Inchausti, Robert   The author provides a succinct summary and original interpretation of Merton' contirbution to American thought. He lifts Merton out of the isolation of his monastic culture and brings him back into dialogue with contemporary secular thinkers.   Paperback $30.00 THOMAS MERTON'S GETHSEMANI / LANDSCAPES OF PARADISE   by Harry L Hinkle; Essay by Monica Weis, SSJ, Photographs   Harry Hinkle's dramatic black-and-white photographs and the artful text by Merton scholar Monica Weis convey how Merton's lifelong interaction with nature subtly revealed and informed his profound spiritual experiences and his writing about contemplation.   Hardback $29.95 THOMAS MERTON'S PARADISE JOURNEY   Shannon, William H.   Contemplation is the single strand that binds together the life & work of Merton. Shannon traces the development of Merton's thought on the subject. He provides incisive commentary and substantial excerpts from The Inner Experience.   Paperback $12.95 THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE   Merton, Thomas   Meditations on spiritual life. Includes his famous prayer "Lord God, I do not know where I am going…".   Paperback $12.00 THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE / POCKET EDITION (4 1//2"H X 3"W)   Merton, Thomas   Meditations on spiritual life. Includes his famous prayer "Lord God, I do not know where I am going…".   Paperback $6.95 THOUGHTS ON THE EAST   Merton, Thomas; Introduction by George Woodcock   Here is a small anthology gathering Merton's essential definitions of the religions that so much interested him.   Paperback $7.00 TOM'S BOOK (Only 425 copies printed!)   Merton, Thomas; Edited by Shelia Milton; Foreword by Bro Patrick Hart   The book comprises an edited version of a small fragment of Ruth (Jenkins) Merton’s journal about her son Thomas Merton's progress after his birth. Part of the journal was later sent to her mother-in-law, thus the subtitle: To Granny with Tom's best love, 1916. Any parent who has witnessed the development of their child will relate to the pride and joy of Merton's mother's entries. There is a short Foreword by Bro Patrick Hart, and an Introduction by Shelia Milton. A journal of the development of a child is not necessarily profound, but the beauty of this book with its handset type on fine paper, hand-fed letterpress printing, and hand binding (both editions are hardbound) transforms it into a lovely work of art to hold the poignant text of the very earliest notations on Merton’s life.   Hardback $45.00 TOWARD AN INTEGRATED HUMANITY/ THOMAS MERTON'S JOURNEY   Pennington, Basil M., Edited by   Twenty years after his death, Merton's friends & disciples reflect on his life and his continuing impact on Christian, and on human, life.   Paperback $18.95