As brother patrick hart, general editor of the series notes, perhaps his best writing can be found in the journals, where he was expressing what was deepest in his heart with no thought of censorship. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Thomas merton s life from his journals 2nd revised edition by merton, thomas isbn. His autobiography, the seven storey mountain, has sold over one million copies and has been translated into over fifteen languages. Thomas merton ocso january 31, 1915 december 10, 1968 was an american trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion. Thoughts in solitude stands alongside the seven storey mountain as one of mertons most uring and popular works. Pursuing the monks true life, the journals of thomas merton, volume 3. The title refers to the mountain of purgatory in dantes the divine comedy the seven storey mountain was published in 1948 and was met with. Access free the intimate merton his life from journals thomas the intimate merton his life from journals thomas right here, we have countless ebook the intimate merton his life from journals thomas and collections to check out. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas merton s spir. His life from his journals thomas merton, patrick hart on. Recounting mertons earliest days in the monastery to his journey east to meet the dalai lama, the intimate merton captures the essence of what makes thomas mertons life journey so perennially relevant.
Now, a quarter of a century has passed since merton s death, and the journals are the last major piece of writing to appear by the 20th centurys most important. In 1965 writeractivistmonk thomas merton fulfilled a twentyfouryear dream and went to live as a hermit beyond the walls of his trappist monastery. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas merton s spiritual path culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story thomas merton recounted and made famous in the seven storey mounta. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
The seven storey mountain is the 1948 autobiography of thomas merton, a trappist monk and a noted author of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Pursuing the monks true lifethe journals of thomas merton, volume 3. The intimate merton ebook by thomas merton rakuten kobo. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story thomas merton recounted and made famous in the seven storey mountain. Early essays, 19471952 cistercian studies book 266. Upon his conversion, merton left a promising literary career, resigned his position as a teacher of english literature at st. The title refers to the mountain of purgatory in dantes the divine comedy the seven storey mountain was published. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The best introduction i can think of to merton, his life, and work. According to his fathers wishes merton was baptized in the church of england. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twentynine year chronicle deepens and extends the story thomas merton recounted and made famous in the seven storey mountain. The publication in 1948 of his classic memoir the seven storey mountain. The seven storey mountain is the 1948 autobiography of thomas merton, an american trappist monk and priest who was a noted author in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
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He wrote over sixty other books and hundreds of poems and articles on topics ranging from monastic spirituality to civil. If ever a line of merton s writing captured the appeal of his spirituality, it would be a sentence in his introduction to the anthology, a thomas merton reader. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twentynine year chronicle deepens and extends the story thomas merton recounted and made famous in the seven storey moun. Thomas merton author books church and religious supplies. Readers of the merton journal have been aware over the last four years of the publication of thomas mertons complete journals. In the intimate merton we engage a writers art of confession and witness as he searches for a contemporary, authentic, and global spirituality. Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart. Seven months later, after a secret romance with a woman half his age, he was in danger of losing it all. His life from his journals paperback february 20, 2001.
Pursuing the monks true life 19521960 edited by lawrence s. Thomas mertons life from his journals 2nd revised edition by merton, thomas isbn. Readers of the merton journal have been aware over the last four years of the publication of thomas m. His life from his journals hart, patrick, montaldo, jonathan, hart, patrick on. Chronicles the last two years of mertons life, during the political and social upheaval of the vietnam war era. When thomas merton died accidentally in bangkok in 1968, the beloved trappist monks will specified that his personal diaries not be published for 25 years presumably because they contained his uncensored thoughts and feelings. The intimate merton by thomas merton overdrive rakuten. Merton finished the book in 1946 at the age of 31, five years after entering gethsemani abbey near bardstown, kentucky. His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read after his untimely death in 1968. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas mertons spiritual path.
Thomas merton books list of books by author thomas merton. Daily meditations from his journals thomas merton, jonathan montaldo download bok. Robert nugent, sds thomas merton and therese lentfoehr. Bonaventures college in olean, new york, and entered the abbey of our lady of gethsemani in. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas merton s spiritual path. Robert lax a superb introduction to the life of one of the most extraordinary monks of our time. Obtenez votre kindle ici, or download a free kindle reading app. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story thomas merton recounted and made famous in the seven storey. Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as. Review if you like your saints packaged without the messiness of an actual errorfilled life, this book is not for you. In this diarylike memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, the intimate merton lays bare the steep ways of thomas mertons spir.
The publication in 1948 of his classic memoir the seven storey mountain established him as a highly successful writer, whose searingly honest and visionary writing has the power to inspire believers and nonbelievers alike. Thomas merton 19151968 is arguably the most influential american catholic author of the twentieth century. Brother patrick hart if you have to read one book about thomas merton, this is the one to read. Now, a quarter of a century has passed since mertons death, and the journals are the last major piece of writing to appear by the 20th centurys most important. His life from his journals merton, thomas, hart, patrick, montaldo, jonathan on. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story thomas merton recounted and made famous in the seven storey moun. Pursuing the monks true lifethe journals of thomas merton. Its very important for all of us that most real with regards to thomas merton.
I have not read the other 5 volumes, but i certainly feel this volume humanizes merton and supplies context for his life and the state of the catholic church in the first decade after the reforming second vatican council of the early 1960s. Thomas merton s influence and appeal has reached far beyond the confines of his monastic world. In the seven storey mountain, thomas merton reflects on his early life and on the quest for faith in god that led to his conversion to roman catholicism at age 23. The story of a vocation 19391941 edited by patrick hart, ocso entering the silence. The intimate merton, as its subtitle suggests, tells the life of thomas merton using his own words taken from his complete journals. The seven storey mountain read ebooks online free ebooks. The letters of thomas merton to new and old friends. Thomas merton, a trappist monk, is perhaps the foremost spiritual thinker of the twentiethcentury. If ever a line of mertons writing captured the appeal of his spirituality, it would be a sentence in his introduction to the anthology, a thomas merton reader. Thomas merton biography thomas merton childhood, life. His life from his journals reprint by thomas merton isbn. Pope francis has celebrated merton as a man of dialogue, and here gordon shows that the dialogue was as much internal as externalan unending conversation, and at times a heated conflict, between.