Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
Forfatter af The Seven Storey Mountain
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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From the archives of the Thomas Merton Center.
Used with permission of the Merton Legacy Trust.
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Værker af Thomas Merton
Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume One 1939-1941) (1995) 411 eksemplarer
The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 2, 1941-1952: Entering the Silence - Becoming a Monk & Writer (1996) 300 eksemplarer
A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True LifeThe Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960 (Merton,… (1996) 204 eksemplarer
The hidden ground of love : the letters of Thomas Merton on religious experience and social concerns (1985) 176 eksemplarer
The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter 'Doctor Mellifluus' (1954) 172 eksemplarer
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963) (1996) 170 eksemplarer
Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1997) 165 eksemplarer
The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1998) 154 eksemplarer
The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers (The Thomas Merton letters series) (1993) 118 eksemplarer
The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (1990) 106 eksemplarer
What are these wounds? : the life of a Cistercian mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières (1948) 92 eksemplarer
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The Essential Collection (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (2008) 85 eksemplarer
Through the Year With Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Writings (1985) — Forfatter — 80 eksemplarer
A course in Christian mysticism : thirteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton (2017) 51 eksemplarer
Discovering the Hidden Ground of Love (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton Series) (2007) 30 eksemplarer
A Course in Desert Spirituality: Fifteen Sessions with the Famous Trappist Monk (2019) 28 eksemplarer
An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition, 3 (Monastic Wisdom series) (Bk. 3) (2008) 24 eksemplarer
Original child bomb : points for meditation to be scratched on the walls of a cave (1961) 24 eksemplarer
The Life of the Vows: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition (Volume 30) (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2012) 22 eksemplarer
Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 2 (Monastic Wisdom) (2007) 22 eksemplarer
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 4 (Monastic Wisdom) (2009) 22 eksemplarer
At Home in the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether (1995) 22 eksemplarer
Breakthrough to Peace: Twelve Views on the Threat of Thermonuclear Extermination (1962) 18 eksemplarer
Merton & Judaism: Holiness in Words: Recognition, Repentance, and Renewal (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) 18 eksemplarer
Monastic Observances: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 5 (Monastic Wisdom - Cistercian Publications) (1976) 15 eksemplarer
In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age (Cistercian Studies) (2013) 12 eksemplarer
Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 7 (Monastic Wisdom… (2015) 9 eksemplarer
The Spirit of simplicity : characteristic of the Cistercian Order : an official report, demanded and approved by the… (1948) 8 eksemplarer
Letters from Tom: Thomas Merton Writes about Nuclear Weapons, Black/White Encounters, Authority in the Church, and… (1983) 8 eksemplarer
From the Monastery to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal (2017) 8 eksemplarer
Merton & the Tao: Dialogues with John Wu and the Ancient Sages (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2013) 6 eksemplarer
Szukanie Boga 5 eksemplarer
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (I) 4 eksemplarer
Paz en tiempos de oscuridad : el testamento profético de Merton sobre la guerra y la paz (2006) 4 eksemplarer
The Cistercian Fathers and their monastic theology : initiation into the monastic tradition 8 (2016) 3 eksemplarer
Overpeinzingen van een christen 3 eksemplarer
Vida i santedat 3 eksemplarer
Medieval Cistercian History: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 9 (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2019) 3 eksemplarer
A Oração Contemplativa 3 eksemplarer
Oplettende toeschouwer 3 eksemplarer
Meatyard / Merton: Photographing Thomas Merton (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2014) 3 eksemplarer
San Bernardo, el ultimo de los padres 2 eksemplarer
La muntanya dels set cercles. Vol. II 2 eksemplarer
Semi di cintemplazione 2 eksemplarer
The Paternoster Series No. 7: What Is Contemplation? 2 eksemplarer
Nuovi semi di contemplazione 2 eksemplarer
Null n'est une ile 2 eksemplarer
EL PAN VIVO. 1ª edición española. 2 eksemplarer
Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton (16-Nov-1994) Paperback 2 eksemplarer
The climate of monastic prayer. 2 eksemplarer
Laudate Dominum: Gregorian Chant by the Trappist Monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, with program notes by… 2 eksemplarer
Merton 2 eksemplarer
Un' equilibrata vita di preghiera 2 eksemplarer
Zen, tao et nirvâna : esprit et contemplation en extrême-orient. préface par marco pallis.… (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Life and Prayer: The Desert Source 2 eksemplarer
La Montée vers la Lumière 1 eksemplar
Tiempos de celebración 1 eksemplar
La manne du dšert ou le mystře des Psaumes 1 eksemplar
O pão vivo 1 eksemplar
Thomas Merton on nonviolence (Words of peace) 1 eksemplar
Sementes de destruição 1 eksemplar
Thomas Merton Reader, A 1 eksemplar
Collected Poems of Thomas Merton 1 eksemplar
Marta,Maria e Lazaro 1 eksemplar
Loretto and Gethsemani, 1812-1962 1 eksemplar
O Homem Novo 1 eksemplar
In memoriam Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki : 1870 - 1966 1 eksemplar
La poesia e la vita contemplativa 1 eksemplar
Asiatisches Tagebuch 1 eksemplar
a igreja e o mundo sem deus 1 eksemplar
Le Nuit Privée d'Étoiles 1 eksemplar
Vida Contemplativa en la Trapa 1 eksemplar
New secrets of contemplation 1 eksemplar
Cistercian contemplatives / — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Sacred Silence - Festival of Faiths, Pathway to Compassion (A Series on Compassion - May 14-19, 2013 - Louisville,… (2013) 1 eksemplar
Breakthrough to peace: Thirteen contributors. 1 eksemplar
Nul n'est une le 1 eksemplar
Na Liberdade da Solidão 1 eksemplar
Fjellet med de syv trinn 1 eksemplar
La muntanya dels set cercles vol. I 1 eksemplar
The Desert fathers 1 eksemplar
Keiner ist eine Insel. Christliche Meditationen. 1 eksemplar
In memory of Thomas Merton 1 eksemplar
The Sign of Jonah 1 eksemplar
Pensamientos en soledad 1 eksemplar
Il monaco 1 eksemplar
The Genesee Diary 1 eksemplar
Good Work: Cha No Yu: the Japanese Tea Ceremony 1 eksemplar
The Camaldolese Way 1 eksemplar
A Prayer of Cassiodorus. One of 300 copies. 1 eksemplar
eremitas do saccidananda 1 eksemplar
Pierwotny ideał karmelu 1 eksemplar
Wie der Mond stirbt. Das letzte Tagebuch des Thomas Merton ( Asian Journal): Sonderausgabe. (1985) 1 eksemplar
La vida silenciosa 1 eksemplar
CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE 1 eksemplar
Prayer and the Active Life, Part 1 CD 1 eksemplar
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (III) 1 eksemplar
Prayer and the Active Life Part 2 CD 1 eksemplar
Cassian: Trials and Belief 1 eksemplar
Does God Hear Our Prayer? 1 eksemplar
Life and Prayer: the Jesus Prayer 1 eksemplar
Thomas Merton, Monk: A Monastic Tribute 1 eksemplar
Renunciation and Contemplation CD 1 eksemplar
Our Father: Perfect Prayer CD 1 eksemplar
THE SOLITARY LIFE: A Letter of Guigo Introduced and Translated from the Latin by Thomas Merton (1963) 1 eksemplar
Love 1 eksemplar
Diarios / Journals: 1960-1968. La Vida Intima De Un Gran Maestro Espiritual / the Intimate Life of a Great Spiritual… (2001) 1 eksemplar
Luč nevidne resnice 1 eksemplar
Cablogrammi e profezie 1 eksemplar
Grande Sinal - Thomas Merton Mestre Espiritual 1 eksemplar
Duh 1 eksemplar
Il Papa di Maria Vergine 1 eksemplar
La preghiera dei salmi 1 eksemplar
Life and Community 1 eksemplar
Life and Contemplation 1 eksemplar
Life and God’s Love 1 eksemplar
Life and Prophecy 1 eksemplar
Life and Truth 1 eksemplar
Life and Work 1 eksemplar
LA EXPERIENCIA INTERNA 1 eksemplar
Life and Celebration 1 eksemplar
Words of Peace 1 eksemplar
Essential Writing 1 eksemplar
Cargo theology 1 eksemplar
Alone With God 1 eksemplar
Thomas Merton y Ernesto Cardenal / Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal: Correspondencia, 1959-1968 / Correspondence,… (2003) 1 eksemplar
Hidden Ground of Love; The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns 1 eksemplar
Natural Contemplation 1 eksemplar
Pensamientos de la soledad y la paz monástica 1 eksemplar
Zen, wijsheid en leegheid 1 eksemplar
La oración en la vida religiosa 1 eksemplar
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians. I-V 1 eksemplar
Cuestiones discutidas 1 eksemplar
Selected Works of Thomas Merton 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Bidragyder — 835 eksemplarer
Gandhi on Non-Violence: A Selection From the Writings of Mahatma Gandi (1964) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 338 eksemplarer
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Bidragyder — 87 eksemplarer
Merton & Buddhism: (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2007) — Fotograf, nogle udgaver — 32 eksemplarer
Merton & Hesychasm: The Prayer of the Heart & the Eastern Church (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
Clement of Alexandria Selections from the Protreptikos (1962) — Essay, nogle udgaver; Oversætter, nogle udgaver — 12 eksemplarer
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梅頓 - Fødselsdato
- 1915-01-31
- Dødsdag
- 1968-12-10
- Begravelsessted
- Gethsemani Abbey, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- France (birth)
USA - Fødested
- Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Dødssted
- Mueang Samut Prakan, Thailand
- Dødsårsag
- electrocution
- Bopæl
- 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 (vis alle 8)
Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, Kentucky, USA - Uddannelse
- Lycée Ingres, Montauban
Ripley Court School, Ripley
University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Columbia University (BA|1938|MA|1939) - Erhverv
- monk (Trappist)
novelist
poet
college teacher - Organisationer
- Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordained, 1949)
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