Christliche Kontemplation war eines der zentralen Anliegen Thomas Mertons, um das er sich in seiner persönlichen, oft schmerzvollen Gottessuche zeitlebens bemüht hat. "Brot in der Wüste" ist ein Text, ebenso authentisch und radikal wie...

"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite-one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. "There is no body to be found. The birds may come and...

Thomas Merton, 1915 in Frankreich geboren, mit zwanzig Jahren Kommunist, mit dreiundzwanzig Katholik, mit sechsundzwanzig Jahren Trappistenmönch in Kentucky, Grenzgänger zwischen Buddhismus und Christentum, schreibt mit diesem Buch eine...

The New Man shows Thomas Merton at the height of his powers and has as its theme the question of spiritual identity. What must we do to recover possession of our true selves? By way of an answer, Merton discusses how we have become...

In No Man Is an Island, religious scholar and theologian Thomas Merton offers "a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest,...

The second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty, passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surprise success of his autobiography, The Seven Storey...

Here this concern finds expression in poetic irony and in meditations intentionally dour. In these brief, challenging pieces, Father Merton does not offer consolation or easy remedies. He looks candidly and without illusions at the world...

Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom: Exploring Solitude and Freedom, the Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Six: 1966-67

"The moment of takeoff was ecstatic...joy. We left the ground-I with Christian mantras and a great sense of destiny, of being at last on my true way after years of waiting and wondering..." With these words, dated October 15. 1968, the...

"Christliche Kontemplation: Ein radikaler Weg der Gottessuche" von Thomas Merton ist ein tiefgründiges Werk über die spirituelle Praxis der Kontemplation im christlichen Kontext. Merton, ein Trappistenmönch und bedeutender geistlicher...

In this day of mindless distraction, we're desperate for reasons to put down our phones and reconnect with our spiritual selves. In time for the 50th anniversary of Thomas Merton's death in 1968, Silence, Joy is an invitation to slow...

"Der Berg der sieben Stufen" ist die Autobiographie von Thomas Merton, einem einflussreichen christlichen Mystiker und Trappistenmönch. In diesem Buch beschreibt Merton seinen spirituellen Werdegang und seine Suche nach Gott. Er erzählt...