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Thomas Merton

1915 - 1968

Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was a 20th century American Catholic writer. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist and student of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name Father Louis.

Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews, including his best-selling autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain (1948), which sent scores of disillusioned World War II veterans, students, and even teen-agers flocking to monasteries across US, and was also featured in National Review's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century.

Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with prominent Asian spiritual figures, including the Dalai Lama, D.T. Suzuki, the Japanese writer on the Zen tradition, and the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Merton has also been the subject of several biographies.

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  • Cover of: Cistercian contemplatives: a guide to trappist life.

    First published in 1948 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Thomas Merton on the Poetry and Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

    First published in 2021 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The road back to God: Lenten reflections on the meaning of life and faith

    First published in 1982 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Poetry and Imagination

    First published in 1994 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Created for Love

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  • Cover of: The Zen revival.

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Survival or Prophecy?: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Jean LeClercq

    First published in 2002 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Poetry of Paradise

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  • Cover of: Disputed questions.

    First published in 1960 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Faith and Prayer

    First published in 1988 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Freiheit in seinem Geist.

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  • Cover of: Emblems of a season of fury

    First published in 1963 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Cross: Victory over Death

    First published in 1994 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The seven storey mountain

    First published in 1948 39 editions in 6 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition sevenstoreymoun000mert Cover of edition sevenstoreymount00mertrich Cover of edition sevenstoreymount00thom
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  • Cover of: The secular journal of Thomas Merton

    First published in 1959 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Apertura e vita claustrale

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Catholic Church, Spiritual life, Trappists, Merton, thomas, 1915-1968, Monastic and religious life, Biography, Correspondence, Contemplation, History, Christianity, Meditations, Christian life, Diaries, Spiritual life, catholic church, Monks, Mysticism, Cistercians, Clergy, Doctrines, Meditation, Religion, Addresses, essays, lectures, American poetry, Bible, Poetry
Places
United States, Japan, Kentucky, Asia, France, New York, Cuba, England, Georgia, Hiroshima-shi, Italy, London, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New York (State), Olean, Pleasant Hill, Scotland, Soviet Union, Utah
People
Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1090 or 91-1153), Czesław Miłosz, Jesus Christ, Albert Camus (1913-1960), Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960), Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966), Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948), John of the Cross Saint (1542-1591), Robert Lax, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Adam of Perseigne (1145-1221), Aelred Graham (1907-), Benedict Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1091-1153), Bernard, of Clairvaux Saint (1090 or 91-1153), Czes·law Mi·losz, Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004), James Laughlin (1914-), Jean Leclercq (1911-), Jean Leclercq (1911-1993), John Cassian (approximately 360-approximately 435), John Cassian (ca. 360-ca. 435), Jonathan Greene (1943-)
Time
20th century, Early church, ca. 30-600, Middle Ages, 600-1500, 16th century, 1918-1948, 1945-, 1959-1990, 1960-, 1965-

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Alternative names

  • Tomasz Merton
  • Thomas Merton OCSO
  • Merton T
  • T. Merton

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