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Thomas Merton

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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Born 1915
Died 1968

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    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: St. Anselm: Reasonable Faith

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  • Cover of: Thomas Merton and Diarios, 1960-1968

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  • Cover of: Thomas Merton: early poems/1940-42.

    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard.

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thomas Merton on the Psalms.

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thomas Merton's Four poems in French

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Through the year with Thomas Merton: daily meditations from his writings

    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The tower of Babel

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Transforming union in St Bernard and St John of the Cross

    First published in 1948 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The true solitude: selections from the writings of Thomas Merton.

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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Born 1915
Died 1968

Subjects

Catholic Church, Spiritual life, Trappists, Monastic and religious life, Merton, thomas, 1915-1968, Contemplation, Biography, Cistercians, Correspondence, History, Meditations, Bible, Christianity, Mysticism, Spiritual life, catholic church, American poetry, Christian life, Monks, Poetry, Religious aspects, Zen Buddhism, Artistic Photography, Criticism, interpretation, Diaries, Monasticism and religious orders

Places

United States, Japan, Kentucky, Asia, Georgia, Hiroshima-shi, Pleasant Hill, Utah

People

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1090 or 91-1153), Jesus Christ, Albert Camus (1913-1960), Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960), Czesław Miłosz, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966), Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948), Adam of Perseigne (1145-1221), Aelred Graham (1907-), Benedict Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Czes·law Mi·losz, Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004), John Cassian (approximately 360-approximately 435), John Cassian (ca. 360-ca. 435), John of the Cross Saint (1542-1591), Maedoc of Ferns, Saint (d. ca. 626), Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint, Pius XII Pope (1876-1958), Robert Lax, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Simone Weil (1909-1943), Thomas Merton, W. H. Ferry (1910-), William Mervin Kelley (1937)

Time

20th century, 16th century, Early church, ca. 30-600, Middle Ages, 600-1500

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Alternative names

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

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September 25, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
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April 22, 2019 Edited by RADI add other name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import