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| NEW!COMPASSIONATE FIRE / LETTERS OF THOMAS MERTON & CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY | Merton, Thomas & Catherine de Hueck Doherty; Edited by Robert A Wild | Just after Thomas Merton's death in 1968, Catholic social activist Catherine de Hueck Doherty wrote to Merton's abbot: "In some strange mysterious way I never quite understood, [he] was in part my spiritual son." The friendship originated when Merton worked at Friendship House in Harlem, and this volume of warm, candid correspondence traces nearly three decades of friendship through thirty-one surviving letters--fourteen written by Merton, and seventeen by Doherty. Doherty's previously unpublished letters are now brought together with those of Merton. The exchange reveals Merton's development from a young man searching for his place in God's plan, to a monk seeking God through solitude and work for social justice. |
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| NEW! SOPHIA / THE HIDDEN CHRIST OF THOMAS MERTON | Pramuk, Christopher | While numerous studies have celebrated Thomas Merton's witness as an interfaith pioneer, poet, and peacemaker, there have been few systematic treatments of his Christology as such, and no sustained exploration to date of his relationship to the Russian "Sophia" tradition. This book looks to Thomas Merton as a "classic" theologian of the Christian tradition from East to West, and offers an interpretation of his mature Christology, with special attention to his remarkable prose poem of 1962, Hagia Sophia. Bringing Merton’s mystical-prophetic vision fully into dialogue with contemporary Christology, Russian sophiology, and Zen, as well as figures such as John Henry Newman and Abraham Joshua Heschel, the author carefully but boldly builds the case that Sophia, the same theological eros that animated Merton’s religious imagination in a period of tremendous fragmentation and violence, might infuse new vitality into our own. |
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| NEW! SEASONS OF CELEBRATION | Merton, Thomas; Foreword by William H. Shannon | Forty years after his death, fans of Thomas Merton--from a wide array of faith traditions--continue to consult the spiritual wisdom found in his voluminous writings. Merton called Seasons of Celebration his "liturgy book" and this edition includes a new foreword by renowned Merton scholar William H. Shannon. These essays remain timely in view of the ongoing liturgical renewal initiated by Vatican II and are a must-read for those seeking to deepen their grasp of the liturgy and the cycles of the Church year. |
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| NEW! HIDDEN IN THE SAME MYSTERY: THOMAS MERTON AND LORETTO | Thurston, Bonnie, General Editor; Sr Mary Swain, SL, Loretto Editor | By including the texts of talks Thomas Merton gave to the novices at the Loretto Motherhouse, Hidden in the Same Mystery presents previously unpublished Merton materials which are a rich source of his thinking on prayer and on religious life. Included are some of Sr. Mary Luke Tobin’s incisive thoughts about Merton, particularly her analysis of Merton on prayer. The book, describing the friendship between Merton and Tobin, and illustrated with photos of Merton, Tobin, Gethsemani, and Loretto, will appeal to Merton scholars, women religious, and those interested in Kentucky church history. |
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| NEW! THOMAS MERTON / A LIFE IN LETTERS | Merton, Thomas, Edited by William H. Shannon & Christine M. Bochen | Merton honed the art of letter writing. His letter-writing was a personal act of self-revelation and communication. They offer a unique lens through which we relive the spiritual and social upheavals of the twentieth century, while offering wisdom that is still relevant for our world today. This book, like The Intimate Merton for the journals, is the essential collection of letters. |
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| 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. |
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| A MEETING OF ANGELS / THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS MERTON WITH EDWARD DEMING & FAITH AN | Pearson, Paul M, Edited by | Pearson introduces and brings together both sides of this correspondence, allowing the reader to delight in both the interplay of ideas and inspiration, and the growth of sincere affection that occurred between Merton and the Andrews through their shared vocation. The correspondence is supplemented by a selection of 32 of Merton's photographs of the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill in Kentucky, newly identified with captions supplied by Pleasant Hill Curator Larrie S. Currie. A review of the Andrews' Shaker Furniture by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy concludes the volume. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ART OF THOMAS MERTON | Labrie, Ross | An introduction to Merton as a literary figure. |
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| ASCENT TO TRUTH | Merton, Thomas | Reflections on St. John of the Cross and Carmelite spirituality. |
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| ASIAN JOURNAL | Merton, Thomas; Edited by Naomi Burton, Patrick Hart, & James Laughlin | Merton's journal of his fateful visit to the Orient in 1968 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER | Merton, Thomas; Introduction byThich Nhat Hanh | A practical book on prayer. Originally published as Climate of Monastic Prayer. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| DISPUTED QUESTIONS | Merton, Thomas | Explores interaction of the active & contemplative life. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.) |
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| FAITH & VIOLENCE | Merton, Thomas | Christian teaching and practice. |
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| GANDHI ON NON-VIOLENCE | Merton, Thomas | Selected texts from Gandhi's non-violence in PEACE AND WAR. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| LEARNING TO LOVE | Merton, Thomas; Edited by Christine M. Bochen | Now out-of-print, 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. |
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| 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. |
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| LIFE AND HOLINESS | Merton, Thomas; Introduction by Henri J.M.Nouwen | Merton's classic text on incorporating spirituality in everyday life. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| LIVING WITH WISDOM / A LIFE OF THOMAS MERTON | Forest, Jim | Newly revised edition for the 40th anniversary of Merton's death. Enhanced by the most extensive collection of Merton photographs ever published, this book captures the life, writings, and vision of one of the great spiritual figures of our time--a perfect introduction to Merton's life and work. |
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| 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. |
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| MEDITATIONS WITH MERTON | Vandergrift, Nicki Verploegen | Author has assembled a collage of Scripture quotes, original prayers, and Merton's own words. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| MERTON: A BIOGRAPHY | Furlong, Monica | This book is among the first of several Merton biographies. |
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| 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. |
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| MORE THAN SILENCE / A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS MERTON | Burton, Patricia | This is the first bibliography on Merton in more than 20 years. This bibliography features subdivided lists that classify Merton's books into the following categories: prose works, poetry, letters, edits (by other editors), Merton's translations, contributions to books, visual arts, music selections, and selections and composites. Additionally, there is a special section on rare books. |
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| 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. |
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| MY ARGUMENT WITH THE GESTAPO | Merton, Thomas | Early partly autobiographical novel. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION | Merton, Thomas | One of Merton's classics on devotional meditations. Now also in a lovely hardbound gift edition. |
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| 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." |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| OPENING THE BIBLE | Merton, Thomas | Introduction to the scriptures. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| PATMOS JOURNAL: IN SEARCH OF THOMAS MERTON WITH ROBERT LAX | Hart, Patrick, OCSO | A small journal of Bro Patrick Hart's visit to Patmos. |
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| PAX INTRANTIBUS / A MEDITATION ON THE POETRY OF THOMAS MERTON | Smock, Frederick | In this meditation on the poetry of Thomas Merton, the author considers how Merton's poetry was an integral component of his work for peace. But as the term meditation suggests, Smock's examination of the poetry serves as a point of entry into a far broader inquiry, not only into Merton's life and work, but into the necessary engagement of other poets in the work for peace, and into Smock's own development as an artist and a man confronting the world. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| RAIDS ON THE UNSPEAKABLE | Merton, Thomas | Prose writings and abstract drawings on Merton's look at the world of the sixties. |
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| 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. |
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| RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT / INITIATION INTO THE MONASTIC TRADITION | Merton, , Thomas; Edited by Patrick F O'Connell | In his novitiate conferences on the Rule of Saint Benedict, Merton introduces young men embarking on monastic life to the guiding document of that life. He emphasizes the importance of considering the Rule from a perspective that is neither narrowly legalistic nor overly intellectualized, but marked rather by commitment to the goal of Benedictine monasticism, which is not just to obey the Rule but to love and serve God. The Benedictine life, according to Merton, is "simply living the Gospel without fanfare. . . . The mainspring of everything in St. Benedict is the love of Christ—in Himself, in the poor, in the monastic community, in the individual brethren. . . . This is the key to the monastic life and spirit." Merton gives particular attention to the prologue, in which he finds "the theological foundation of the whole spiritual doctrine of St. Benedict"; key chapters on the abbot and the monastic community, including consideration of monastic work, spiritual reading, and poverty; and |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| SELECTED POEMS | Merton, Thomas | A representative sampling of Merton's poems. |
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| 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. |
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| SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN | Merton, Thomas | Merton's classic autobiography--50th anniversary edition with introduction by Robert Giroux. |
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| SIGN OF JONAS | Merton, Thomas | Merton's journals from 1946-1952. Includes the famous Fire Watch epilogue. |
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| 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.” |
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| SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THOMAS MERTON | Givey, David | Merton's philosophy of non-violence. |
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| 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. |
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| SPIRITUAL DIRECTION & MEDITATION | Merton, Thomas | An aid to one searching for spiritual direction along with notes on meditation. |
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| 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. |
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| THE POCKET THOMAS MERTON | Merton, Thomas | This pocket-sized treasury of wisdom is abridged from the larger collection SEEDS by Robert Inchausti. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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'. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| THOMAS MERTON / HERMIT AT THE HEART OF THINGS | Porter, J. S. | Porter explores some of the many facets of Merton: the contemplative and activist, the poet, the reader, translator, tone setter, letter writer, intellectual, lover, synthesizer, and the journal keeper. This engaging work will intrigue those versed in Merton lore and fascinate those who are meeting Merton for the first time. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| THOMAS MERTON MONK, A MONASTIC TRIBUTE | Hart, Patrick, Revised edition | Articles and poems on the many facets of Merton. |
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| THOMAS MERTON MY BROTHER | Pennington, M. Basil OCSO | Pennington looks at Merton from an insider's perspective. |
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| THOMAS MERTON ON ST. BERNARD | Merton, Thomas; Introduction by Jean Leclercq | A clear, simple, and unsophisticated summary of St. Bernard's thoughts. |
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| THOMAS MERTON READER | Merton, Thomas; Edited by Thomas McDonnell | Significant selections from Merton's major and lesser known writings. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| THOMAS MERTON'S GETHSEMANI / LANDSCAPES OF PARADISE | Hinkle, Harry L ; 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. |
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| 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. |
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| THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE | Merton, Thomas | Meditations on spiritual life. Includes his famous prayer "Lord God, I do not know where I am going…". |
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| THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE / POCKET EDITION (4 1//2 | Merton, Thomas | Meditations on spiritual life. Includes his famous prayer "Lord God, I do not know where I am going…". |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| TURNING TOWARD THE WORLD | Merton, Thomas; Edited by Victor A. Kramer | Volume 4 of the Journals encompassing the years 1960-1963. In candid, lively, deeply revealing passages, we feel the growing unrest of the '60s, a time when Merton finds himself struggling between his longing for a private, spiritual life and the irresistible pull of social concerns. |
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| WALKING WITH THOMAS MERTON | Waldron, Robert; Foreword by Patrick Hart, OCSO | This book is subtitled, Discovering His Poetry, Essys, and Journals. The author takes a long, loving look at the question of contemplation, poetry, and the spiritual life today. |
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| WAY OF CHUANG TZU | Merton, Thomas | Interpretations by Merton with Chinese drawings. His poetic interpretations convey the spirit of the great sage of Taoist thought, Chuang Tzu. Both prose and verse are included as well as a short section from Merton discussing the most salient themes of Chuang Tzu's teachings.Also available in a hardbound gift edition. |
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| WHAT IS CONTEMPLATION? | Merton, Thomas | Merton sets forth the basics of Christian contemplation in a lucid, helpful way. |
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| WHEN PROPHECY STILL HAD A VOICE / LETTERS OF THOMAS MERTON & ROBERT LAX | Merton, Thomas & Robert Lax; Edited by Arthur W. Biddle; Foreword by Bro. Patrick Hart | This 30 year exchange began when Merton returned to New York from a week with Lax's family. The final letter is written by Lax on December 8, 1968. Both men shared with one another their hopes, dreams, triumphs, tragedies, fears, and doubts. Biddle provides chronologies of their lives and unobtrusively places people & events in context within the total of 346 letters. He also includes the text of a rare & lenghty interview with Lax. |
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| WHEN THE TREES SAY NOTHING / WRITINGS ON NATURE | Merton, Thomas; Edited by Kathleen Deignan, Drawings by John Giuliani, with a foreword by Thomas Berry | This book brings Merton's words on nature together in one place for the first time. The chapters are divided into areas such as Seasons, Elements, Firmament, Creatures, etc. |
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| WISDOM OF THE DESERT | Merton, Thomas | Merton's introduction and translations of early Christian hermits. He espouses no special system, order or purpose but to merely have the stories and to enjoy them with friends. A lovely gift edition in hardbound now available. |
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| WOODS, SHORE, DESERT | Merton, Thomas | A notebook and photographic account of a trip Merton made through the American West in search of a more solitary hermitage. |
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| WORDS & SILENCE / ON THE POETRY OF THOMAS MERTON | Lentfoehr, Sr. Therese | Published in 1979. The author's friendship with Merton of nearly three decades brings a special perception to the study of his verse. |
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| ZEN & THE BIRDS OF APPETITE | Merton, Thomas | Essays and a dialogue with D. T. Suzuki. |
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