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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 Doherty's previously unpublished letters are now brought together with those of Merton.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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| 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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| 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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| 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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