His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read after his untimely death in 1968. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate. Thoughts in solitude stands alongside The Seven Storey Mountain as one of Merton's most uring and popular works.
Thomas merton, a trappist monk, is perhaps the foremost spiritual thinker of the twentiethcentury.
New Seeds of Contemplation
For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it germs of spiritual vitality that come to rest imperceptibly in the minds and wills of men. Most of these unnumbered seeds perish and are lost, because men are not prepared to receive them: for such seeds as these cannot spring up anywhere except in the soil of freedom, spontaneity and love.
New Directions. One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduction by best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd. New seeds of contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St.
For merton, "every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
No Man Is an Island
Mariner Books. A recapitulation of his earlier work Seeds of Contemplation, this collection of sixteen essays plumbs aspects of human spirituality.
The Seven Storey Mountain
Hard Cover Book. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks.
Shannon. Since its original publication this timeless spiritual tome has been published in over twenty languages and has touched millions of lives. A modern-day confessions of saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. New Directions.
Contemplative Prayer Image Classic
Contemplative prayer is one of the most well-known works of spirituality of the last one hundred years, and it is a must-read for all seeking to live a life of purpose in today’s world. In a moving and profound introduction, Thich Nhat Hanh offers his personal recollections of Merton and compares the contemplative traditions of East and West.
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The Wisdom of the Desert New Directions
Used book in Good Condition. The hermits of screte who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen masters of China and Japan, and Father Merton made his selection from them with an eye to the kind of impact produced by the Zen mondo. Mariner Books. The wisdom of the desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books―surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit.
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Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Image Classic
With his characteristic forcefulness and candor, ” politics, modern life and values, he brings the reader face-to-face with such provocative and controversial issues as the “death of God, and racial strife–issues that are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago. New Directions.
A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals
Each month will begin with one of Merton's delightful pen-and-ink drawings or one of his elegant black-and-white photographs.
A Book of Hours
. Condition: New. Used book in Good Condition. Thomas merton was the most popular proponent of the Christian contemplative tradition in the twentieth century. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. Now, some of his most lyrical and prayerful writings have been arranged into A Book of Hours, for the first time, a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that imitates the increasingly popular ancient monastic practice of "praying the hours".
Editor kathleen deignan mined merton's voluminous writings, Day, arranging prayers for Dawn, Dusk, and Dark for each of the days of the week.
Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self from Thomas Merton and Other Saints Christian Classics
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Zen and the Birds of Appetite
The birds may come and circle for a while. Just as the body of "zen" cannot be found by the scavengers, Merton suggests, so too, with the eternal truth of Christ. Exploring the relationship between Christianity and Zen, especially through his dialogue with the great Zen teacher D. T. Merton, one of the rare western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners.
Used book in Good Condition. Zen enriches no one, " thomas merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite―one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. But they soon go elsewhere. Condition: New. Hard Cover Book. Notes: brand new from publisher! buy with confidence, over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback.