Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: island, man
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-06-14
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590302532
ISBN-13: 9781590302538

Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away." This sequel to Seeds of Contemplation provides fresh insight into Merton’s favorite topics of silence and solitude, while also underscoring the importance of community and the deep connectedness to others that is the inevitable basis of the spiritual life—whether one lives in solitude or in the midst of a crowd.

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions
Keywords: appetite, birds, zen
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1968-01-17
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 081120104X
ISBN-13: 9780811201049

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. .

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Image
Keywords: holiness, life
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1969-09-18
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 038506277X
ISBN-13: 9780385062770

A classic work on incorporating spirituality into everyday life is based on the author’s experiences as a world-wise Trappist monk and his deep involvement in the issues of his day. Reissue.

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: mountain, storey, seven
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 1999-10-04
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0156010860
ISBN-13: 9780156010863

A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton’s editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. 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. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the four walls of my new freedom," Thomas Merton struggles to wi

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: island, man
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-10-28
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0156027739
ISBN-13: 9780156027731

A recapitulation of his earlier work Seeds of Contemplation, this collection of sixteen essays plumbs aspects of human spirituality. Merton addresses those in search of enduring values, fulfillment, and salvation in prose that is, as always, inspiring and compassionate. “A stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to...live the richest, fullest and noblest life” (Chicago Tribune).

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: living, love
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-11-11
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0156027992
ISBN-13: 9780156027991

A posthumously published collection of Merton’s essays and meditations centering on the need for love in learning to live. “Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity.” Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Brother Patrick Hart.

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: meditation, direction, spiritual
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 1960-06-15
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0814604129
ISBN-13: 9780814604120

Without really raising his voice once the author proceeds to the heart of each of these matters and speaks home truths for which all sorts of people--priests and religious and laity--will be grateful.