Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
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Born in France, Thomas Merton was the son of an American artist and poet and her New Zealander husband, a painter. Merton lost both parents before he had finished high school, and his younger brother was killed in World War II. Something of the ephemeral character of human endeavor marked all his visa mer works, deepening the pathos of his writings and drawing him close to Eastern, especially Buddhist, forms of monasticism. After an initial education in the United States, France, and England, he completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University. His parents, nominally friends, had given him little religious guidance, and in 1938, he converted to Roman Catholicism. The following year he received an M.A. from Columbia University and in 1941, he entered Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, where he remained until a short time before his death. His working life was spent as a Trappist monk. At Gethsemani, he wrote his famous autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain" (1948); there he labored and prayed through the days and years of a constant regimen that began with daily prayer at 2:00 a.m. As his contemplative life developed, he still maintained contact with the outside world, his many books and articles increasing steadily as the years went by. Reading them, it is hard to think of him as only a "guilty bystander," to use the title of one of his many collections of essays. He was vehement in his opposition to the Vietnam War, to the nuclear arms race, to racial oppression. Having received permission to leave his monastery, he went on a journey to confer with mystics of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. He was accidentally electrocuted in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 10, 1968. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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From the archives of the Thomas Merton Center.
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Jonastecknet : en trappistmunks dagliga erfarenheter och personliga reflexioner åren 1946-1952 (1953) 678 exemplar
Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume One 1939-1941) (1995) 407 exemplar
The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 2, 1941-1952: Entering the Silence - Becoming a Monk & Writer (1996) 297 exemplar
A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True LifeThe Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960 (Merton,… (1996) 204 exemplar
The last of the Fathers; Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the encyclical letter, Doctor Mellifluus (1954) 170 exemplar
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963) (1996) 169 exemplar
The hidden ground of love : the letters of Thomas Merton on religious experience and social concerns (1985) 168 exemplar
Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1997) 162 exemplar
The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1998) 152 exemplar
The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers (The Thomas Merton letters series) (1993) 114 exemplar
The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (1990) 104 exemplar
What are these wounds? : the life of a Cistercian mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières (1948) 87 exemplar
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The Essential Collection (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (2008) 84 exemplar
Through the Year With Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Writings (1985) — Författare — 78 exemplar
A course in Christian mysticism : thirteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton (2017) 49 exemplar
Discovering the Hidden Ground of Love (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton Series) (2007) 30 exemplar
Original child bomb : points for meditation to be scratched on the walls of a cave (1961) 24 exemplar
An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition, 3 (Monastic Wisdom series) (Bk. 3) (2008) 24 exemplar
The Life of the Vows: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition (Volume 30) (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2012) 22 exemplar
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 4 (Monastic Wisdom) (2009) 22 exemplar
Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 2 (Monastic Wisdom) (2007) 21 exemplar
Merton & Judaism: Holiness in Words: Recognition, Repentance, and Renewal (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) 17 exemplar
Monastic Observances: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 5 (Monastic Wisdom - Cistercian Publications) (1976) 15 exemplar
In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age (Cistercian Studies) (2013) 12 exemplar
Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 7 (Monastic Wisdom… (2015) 9 exemplar
Letters from Tom: Thomas Merton Writes about Nuclear Weapons, Black/White Encounters, Authority in the Church, and… (1983) 8 exemplar
From the Monastery to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal (2017) 8 exemplar
The Spirit of simplicity : characteristic of the Cistercian Order : an official report, demanded and approved by the… (1948) 7 exemplar
Merton & the Tao: Dialogues with John Wu and the Ancient Sages (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2013) 6 exemplar
Szukanie Boga 5 exemplar
Paz en tiempos de oscuridad : el testamento profético de Merton sobre la guerra y la paz (2006) 4 exemplar
The Cistercian Fathers and their monastic theology : initiation into the monastic tradition 8 (2016) 3 exemplar
Oplettende toeschouwer 3 exemplar
Meatyard / Merton: Photographing Thomas Merton (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2014) 3 exemplar
Sign of Jonas, The 3 exemplar
Medieval Cistercian History: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 9 (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2019) 3 exemplar
Overpeinzingen van een christen 3 exemplar
Vida i santedat 3 exemplar
A Oração Contemplativa 3 exemplar
EL PAN VIVO. 1ª edición española. 2 exemplar
Semi di cintemplazione 2 exemplar
Null n'est une ile 2 exemplar
Nuovi semi di contemplazione 2 exemplar
San Bernardo, el ultimo de los padres 2 exemplar
The climate of monastic prayer. 2 exemplar
Merton 2 exemplar
Zen, tao et nirvâna : esprit et contemplation en extrême-orient. préface par marco pallis.… (2015) 2 exemplar
Un' equilibrata vita di preghiera 2 exemplar
Life and Prayer: The Desert Source 2 exemplar
Sementes de destruição 1 exemplar
Thomas Merton Reader, A 1 exemplar
Collected Poems of Thomas Merton 1 exemplar
Sacred Silence - Festival of Faiths, Pathway to Compassion (A Series on Compassion - May 14-19, 2013 - Louisville,… (2013) 1 exemplar
Nul n'est une le 1 exemplar
La Montée vers la Lumière 1 exemplar
La vida silenciosa 1 exemplar
Le Signe de Jonas 1 exemplar
Wie der Mond stirbt. Das letzte Tagebuch des Thomas Merton ( Asian Journal): Sonderausgabe. (1985) 1 exemplar
Loretto and Gethsemani, 1812-1962 1 exemplar
Marta,Maria e Lazaro 1 exemplar
O Homem Novo 1 exemplar
La poesia e la vita contemplativa 1 exemplar
New secrets of contemplation 1 exemplar
Vida Contemplativa en la Trapa 1 exemplar
Le Nuit Privée d'Étoiles 1 exemplar
a igreja e o mundo sem deus 1 exemplar
Na Liberdade da Solidão 1 exemplar
Diálogos com o Silêncio 1 exemplar
Fjellet med de syv trinn 1 exemplar
The Genesee Diary 1 exemplar
Pierwotny ideał karmelu 1 exemplar
eremitas do saccidananda 1 exemplar
A Prayer of Cassiodorus. One of 300 copies. 1 exemplar
The Camaldolese Way 1 exemplar
O pão vivo 1 exemplar
Il monaco 1 exemplar
The Desert fathers 1 exemplar
Tiempos de celebración 1 exemplar
La manne du dšert ou le mystře des Psaumes 1 exemplar
THE SOLITARY LIFE: A Letter of Guigo Introduced and Translated from the Latin by Thomas Merton (1963) 1 exemplar
Prayer and the Active Life, Part 1 CD 1 exemplar
Prayer and the Active Life Part 2 CD 1 exemplar
Cablogrammi e profezie 1 exemplar
Does God Hear Our Prayer? 1 exemplar
Life and Prayer: the Jesus Prayer 1 exemplar
Thomas Merton, Monk: A Monastic Tribute 1 exemplar
Renunciation and Contemplation CD 1 exemplar
Our Father: Perfect Prayer CD 1 exemplar
CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE 1 exemplar
Love 1 exemplar
Luč nevidne resnice 1 exemplar
Diarios / Journals: 1960-1968. La Vida Intima De Un Gran Maestro Espiritual / the Intimate Life of a Great Spiritual… (2001) 1 exemplar
La preghiera dei salmi 1 exemplar
Il Papa di Maria Vergine 1 exemplar
Duh 1 exemplar
Life and God’s Love 1 exemplar
Essential Writing 1 exemplar
LA EXPERIENCIA INTERNA 1 exemplar
Selected Works of Thomas Merton 1 exemplar
Life and Contemplation 1 exemplar
Life and Prophecy 1 exemplar
La muntanya dels set cercles. Vol. II 1 exemplar
Life and Truth 1 exemplar
Life and Community 1 exemplar
Life and Work 1 exemplar
Life and Celebration 1 exemplar
Words of Peace 1 exemplar
Natural Contemplation 1 exemplar
Alone With God 1 exemplar
Thomas Merton y Ernesto Cardenal / Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal: Correspondencia, 1959-1968 / Correspondence,… (2003) 1 exemplar
Hidden Ground of Love; The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns 1 exemplar
Cuestiones discutidas 1 exemplar
Zen, wijsheid en leegheid 1 exemplar
Cargo theology 1 exemplar
La oración en la vida religiosa 1 exemplar
Cassian: Trials and Belief 1 exemplar
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Gandhi on Non-Violence: A Selection From the Writings of Mahatma Gandi (1964) — Redaktör, vissa utgåvor — 336 exemplar
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Bidragsgivare — 86 exemplar
Vietnam i brand : ett buddhistiskt alternativ till fred (1967) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 79 exemplar
Merton & Buddhism: (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2007) — Fotograf, vissa utgåvor — 32 exemplar
Merton & Hesychasm: The Prayer of the Heart & the Eastern Church (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 28 exemplar
Clement of Alexandria Selections from the Protreptikos (1962) — Essay, vissa utgåvor; Översättare, vissa utgåvor — 12 exemplar
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- Merton, Thomas
- Andra namn
- Fr. Louis
MERTON, Thomas
梅頓 - Födelsedag
- 1915-01-31
- Avled
- 1968-12-10
- Begravningsplats
- Gethsemani Abbey, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- France (birth)
USA - Födelseort
- Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Dödsort
- Mueang Samut Prakan, Thailand
- Dödsorsak
- electrocution
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
Saint-Antonin, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Ealing, Greater London, England, UK
Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Olean, New York, USA (visa alla 8)
Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, Kentucky, USA - Utbildning
- Lycée Ingres, Montauban
Ripley Court School, Ripley
University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Columbia University (BA|1938|MA|1939) - Yrken
- monk (Trappist)
novelist
poet
college teacher - Organisationer
- Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordained, 1949)
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