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...

In aller Hektik und allem Lärm sucht die Seele das Geheimnis heilsamer Ruhe. Thomas Merton, Denker, Mystiker und Poet, hat 'Zeiten der Stille' gelebt - er lädt ein, seine Erfahrung mit ihm zu teilen: Schweigen als Weg, die eigene innere...

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...

Merton presents one of the most significant encyclical letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, together with an introduction to the life and teachings of the great mystic. "A study that will have to be on the shelves of all libraries and...

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...

The Eastern religious traditions, especially the varieties of Buddhism, were the last great passion in Thomas Merton's life. His participation in a monastic conference in Asia led to his premature, accidental death. He discoursed on...

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...