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Thomas Merton OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. In December 1941 he entered the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani and in May 1949 he was ordained to priesthood.
May 26, 2020 · Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is arguably the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, has sold over one million copies and has been translated into over fifteen languages.
May 21, 2021 · The essential Merton is, in fact, all of these taken together. Read them all, and in this order, if you can. Meet the over-confident, sometimes reactionary, convert Merton of the autobiography...
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Jul 2, 2024 · Thomas Merton (born January 31, 1915, Prades, France—died December 10, 1968, Bangkok, Thailand) was a Roman Catholic monk, poet, and prolific writer on spiritual and social themes, one of the most important American Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century.
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite.
Dec 28, 2018 · Alan Jacobs on the life, spiritual journey, and writings of the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who died in 1968.
Jun 27, 2024 · Investigators find it easy to understand how Merton's general ideas about social structure imply hypotheses about the pattern of behavior and the pattern of associations between variables in the setting in which their research is conducted.
Oct 5, 2023 · The drawing the tattoo artist used was by Thomas Merton, the American Trappist monk best known for his many writings on topics ranging from prayer and contemplation to war and racism,...
Jul 5, 2016 · Thomas Merton was born in Prades, France. His New Zealand-born father, Owen Merton, and his American-born mother, Ruth Jenkins, were both artists. They met at painting school in Paris, were married at St. Anne’s Church, Soho, London, and returned to France, where Thomas Merton was born on January 31st, 1915.
