Thomas Merton: 76 books

“La sola, vera gioia sulla terra consiste nell'evadere dalla prigione del nostro falso io e di unirci, mediante l'amore, alla Vita che dimora e canta nell'essenza di ogni creatura e nell'intimo della nostra stessa anima. Per me essere santo significa essere me stesso. Quindi il problema della santità...

With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the...

Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion. Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book Awards, Christian Living Silver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers Association Why, in an age of connectivity,...

The sixties were a time of restlessness, inner turmoil, and exuberance for Merton during which he closely followed the careening development of political and social activism – Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Selma, the Catholic Worker Movement, the Vietnam war, and the assassination of...

**Everyone’s talking about “community” these days. Arnold and Merton say it can be lived, too. In this time-honored manifesto,** Arnold and Merton add their voices to the vital discussion of what real community is all about: love, joy, unity, and the great “adventure of faith” shared...

The second volume of Thomas Merton's letters is devoted to his correspondence with friends -- relatives and family friends, longtime friends, special friends, young people he regarded as new friends, and circular letters addressed to groups of friends. They range from 1931, ten years before he became a monk, to 1968, the year in which he died at a monastic conference in Thailand.

Thomas Merton (1915-68) is the most admired of all American Catholic writers. His journals have recently been published to wide acclaim.

Thomas Merton's biography of a little known saint, St. Lutgarde of Aywieres, the Cistercian mystic, now reissued.

This work, originally inspired by the liturgical renewal brought on by Vatican II, contains Thomas Merton's meditations on the seasons of the liturgical year. He examines the words, songs, ceremonies, signs, and movements that are designed to open our hearts and minds.

In Faith and Violence, Thomas Merton offers concrete and pungent social criticisms grounded in prophetic faith about such issues as Vietnam, racism, violence, and war.

Thomas Merton's thought-provoking book is a series of essays about various Amerindian cultures.

Monaco trappista, poeta, spiritualista, esperto del dialogo interreligioso, cultore della tradizione buddista, grande conoscitore delle religioni, scrittore. Tante definizioni per descrivere Thomas Merton, una delle figure più decisive del secolo scorso e il più importante autore di spiritualità...

Here is Thomas Merton's biography of Mother Berchmans (1876-1915), a French Trappistine. He had been inspired by her strength of spirit that enabled her to leave behind beloved home in France in order to help grow the struggling Our Lady of the Angels Abbey in Hakodate, Japan.

Uno dei libri più belli dei classici italiani è "Pensieri nella Solitudine” scritto da Thomas Merton. Un libro che fa parte della grande famiglia di quei classici della letteratura italiana apprezzati, studiati e discussi nel nostro tempo. Un libro da leggere e scoprire.