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Thomas Merton

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Thomas Merton was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name "Father Louis". He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.

Books

No Man is an Island
No Man is an Island
Thomas Merton
New Seeds of Contemplation
New Seeds of Contemplation
Thomas Merton
The Way of Chuang Tzu
The Way of Chuang Tzu
Thomas Merton
The Wisdom of the Desert
The Wisdom of the Desert
Thomas Merton
Zen and the Birds of Appetite
Zen and the Birds of Appetite
Thomas Merton
Contemplative Prayer
Contemplative Prayer
Thomas Merton
Contemplation in a World of Action
Contemplation in a World of Action
Thomas Merton
Thoughts In Solitude
Thoughts In Solitude
Thomas Merton
Watch for the Light
Watch for the Light
C. S. Lewis, Annie Dillard, Thomas Merton, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Life and Holiness
Life and Holiness
Thomas Merton
The Seven Story Mountain
The Seven Story Mountain
Thomas Merton
The Ascent to Truth
The Ascent to Truth
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Thomas Merton
Bread in the Wilderness
Bread in the Wilderness
Thomas Merton
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Mystics and Zen Masters
Mystics and Zen Masters
Thomas Merton
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Thomas Merton
Selected Poems
Selected Poems
Thomas Merton
In the Dark Before Dawn
In the Dark Before Dawn
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters
Thomas Merton

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