Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton has written at least 64 books. Their most popular book is The Seven Storey Mountain with 28 saves with an average rating of 3.14⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Classics, Religion, and Body.

Author Bio

Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was a 20th century American Catholic writer. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist and student of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name Father Louis.

Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews, including his best-selling autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain (1948), which sent scores of disillusioned World War II veterans, students, and even teen-agers flocking to monasteries across US, and was also featured in National Review's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century.

Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with prominent Asian spiritual figures, including the Dalai Lama, D.T. Suzuki, the Japanese writer on the Zen tradition, and the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Merton has also been the subject of several biographies.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton	3.14	13 reads
New Seeds of Contemplation Thomas Merton	3.33	4 reads
The Way of Chuang Tzu Zhuangzi Thomas Merton (Translator)	2.5	2 reads
The Wisdom of the Desert Thomas Merton	4.75	4 reads
No Man Is an Island Thomas Merton	5	4 reads
Thoughts in Solitude Thomas Merton	4.5	2 reads
Contemplative Prayer Thomas Merton	4	2 reads
Contemplation in a World of Action Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Inner Experience The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation Thomas Merton	5	1 read
Zen and the Birds of Appetite Thomas Merton	4	2 reads
Gandhi on Non-Violence Mahatma Gandhi Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Seeds of Contemplation Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The City of God Augustine of Hippo Marcus Dods (translator)	2	2 reads
The Climate of Monastic Prayer The Climate of Monastic Prayer Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Nonviolent Alternative Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation Thomas Merton Patrick Hart	5	1 read
Life and Holiness Thomas Merton	4	1 read
Mystics and Zen masters Thomas Merton	4	1 read
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Thomas Merton	4	1 read
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	5	1 read
Woods, Shore, Desert: A Notebook, May 1968 Thomas Merton	0	1 read
The ascent to truth Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Raids On The Unspeakable Thomas Merton	5	1 read
Original Child Bomb Original Child Bomb Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Sign of Jonas Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire Fwd.) Thich Nhat Hanh (Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The Wisdom of the Desert The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together Eberhard Arnold Dietrich Bonhoeffer Mother Teresa Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. C. S. Lewis Wendell Berry Dorothy Day Leo Tolstoy N.T. Wright Richard Rohr Madeleine L'Engle Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The Silent Life Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Love and Living Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Seeds of Destruction Seeds of Destruction Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
A Year with Thomas Merton A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals Thomas Merton Jonathan Montaldo	5	1 read
The Living Bread Thomas Merton	3	1 read
From the Monastery to the World From the Monastery to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal Thomas Merton Ernesto Cardenal	0	0 reads
The Pocket Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Seven Story Mountain The Seven Story Mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Why We Live in Community Eberhard Arnold Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Cold War Letters Cold War Letters Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Alfred Delp, SJ: Prison Writings Alfred Delp Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Silence, Joy Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
A Thomas Merton Reader Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths Vernon Watkins Jerzy Ficowski Valentine Penrose Peter Huchel Daryl Hine Kathleen Raine Yvor Winters John Fuller Ann Deagon Margaret Kaufman Olga Broumas Samn Stockwell Geoffrey Hill Claribel Alegría James Laughlin Thomas Kinsella Delmore Schwartz Larissa Szporluk Laurie Sheck Mona Van Duyn Ramon Guthrie Max Jacob Maura Stanton Peter Russell Alfred Gong Ronald Bottrall Sándor Weöres Johannes Bobrowski A.D. Hope Emery George Louis MacNeice Stephen Mitchell H.D. Jorie Graham William Bronk Thomas Merton Gregory Orr Louis Simpson Edwin Muir Ingeborg Bachmann Georg Trakl Jack Gilbert Donald Justice Muriel Rukeyser Robert Kelly John Hollander Allen R. Grossman Kate Daniels May Sarton Ion Barbu	0	0 reads
Dialogues with Silence Dialogues with Silence: Prayers & Drawings Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The Life of the Vows Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Run to the mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Dialogues with Silence Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Dancing in the Water of Life, Vol 5:1963-65: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963) Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The intimate Merton Thomas Merton Patrick Hart Jonathan Montaldo	0	0 reads
The Other Side of the Mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
In the Dark Before Dawn Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
When the Trees Say Nothing Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Amar y vivir Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ Chuang-tzu Zhuangzi Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Seven Storey Mountain Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Analog Sea Review The Analog Sea Review: Number One	0	0 reads
Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Tears of the Blind Lions The Tears of the Blind Lions Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Faith and Violence: Christian Teaching and Christian Practice Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Waters of Siloe Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation Thomas Merton	0	0 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton	3.14	13 reads
New Seeds of Contemplation Thomas Merton	3.33	4 reads
The Way of Chuang Tzu Zhuangzi Thomas Merton (Translator)	2.5	2 reads
The Wisdom of the Desert Thomas Merton	4.75	4 reads
No Man Is an Island Thomas Merton	5	4 reads
Thoughts in Solitude Thomas Merton	4.5	2 reads
Contemplative Prayer Thomas Merton	4	2 reads
Contemplation in a World of Action Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Inner Experience The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation Thomas Merton	5	1 read
Zen and the Birds of Appetite Thomas Merton	4	2 reads
Gandhi on Non-Violence Mahatma Gandhi Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Seeds of Contemplation Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The City of God Augustine of Hippo Marcus Dods (translator)	2	2 reads
The Climate of Monastic Prayer The Climate of Monastic Prayer Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Nonviolent Alternative Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation Thomas Merton Patrick Hart	5	1 read
Life and Holiness Thomas Merton	4	1 read
Mystics and Zen masters Thomas Merton	4	1 read
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Thomas Merton	4	1 read
The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	5	1 read
Woods, Shore, Desert: A Notebook, May 1968 Thomas Merton	0	1 read
The ascent to truth Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Raids On The Unspeakable Thomas Merton	5	1 read
Original Child Bomb Original Child Bomb Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Sign of Jonas Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire Fwd.) Thich Nhat Hanh (Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The Wisdom of the Desert The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together Eberhard Arnold Dietrich Bonhoeffer Mother Teresa Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. C. S. Lewis Wendell Berry Dorothy Day Leo Tolstoy N.T. Wright Richard Rohr Madeleine L'Engle Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The Silent Life Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Love and Living Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Seeds of Destruction Seeds of Destruction Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
A Year with Thomas Merton A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals Thomas Merton Jonathan Montaldo	5	1 read
The Living Bread Thomas Merton	3	1 read
From the Monastery to the World From the Monastery to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal Thomas Merton Ernesto Cardenal	0	0 reads
The Pocket Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Seven Story Mountain The Seven Story Mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Why We Live in Community Eberhard Arnold Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Cold War Letters Cold War Letters Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Alfred Delp, SJ: Prison Writings Alfred Delp Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Silence, Joy Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
A Thomas Merton Reader Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths Vernon Watkins Jerzy Ficowski Valentine Penrose Peter Huchel Daryl Hine Kathleen Raine Yvor Winters John Fuller Ann Deagon Margaret Kaufman Olga Broumas Samn Stockwell Geoffrey Hill Claribel Alegría James Laughlin Thomas Kinsella Delmore Schwartz Larissa Szporluk Laurie Sheck Mona Van Duyn Ramon Guthrie Max Jacob Maura Stanton Peter Russell Alfred Gong Ronald Bottrall Sándor Weöres Johannes Bobrowski A.D. Hope Emery George Louis MacNeice Stephen Mitchell H.D. Jorie Graham William Bronk Thomas Merton Gregory Orr Louis Simpson Edwin Muir Ingeborg Bachmann Georg Trakl Jack Gilbert Donald Justice Muriel Rukeyser Robert Kelly John Hollander Allen R. Grossman Kate Daniels May Sarton Ion Barbu	0	0 reads
Dialogues with Silence Dialogues with Silence: Prayers & Drawings Thomas Merton	5	1 read
The Life of the Vows Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Run to the mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Dialogues with Silence Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Dancing in the Water of Life, Vol 5:1963-65: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963) Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The intimate Merton Thomas Merton Patrick Hart Jonathan Montaldo	0	0 reads
The Other Side of the Mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
In the Dark Before Dawn Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
When the Trees Say Nothing Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Amar y vivir Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ Chuang-tzu Zhuangzi Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Seven Storey Mountain Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Analog Sea Review The Analog Sea Review: Number One	0	0 reads
Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Tears of the Blind Lions The Tears of the Blind Lions Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Faith and Violence: Christian Teaching and Christian Practice Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
The Waters of Siloe Thomas Merton	0	0 reads
Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation Thomas Merton	0	0 reads

Thomas Merton

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