Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism.

Thomas Merton

Books by Thomas Merton

The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart, James Laughlin, Naomi Burton Stone, Amiya Chakravarty
Paperback, 1975
"This is quintessential Merton."—The Catholic Review.
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Paperback, 2020
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart, James Laughlin, Naomi Burton Stone, Amiya Chakravarty
E Book, 2013
"This is quintessential Merton."—The Catholic Review.
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
E Book, 2020
Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters
James Laughlin, Thomas Merton, David D. Cooper
Paperback, 1997
The remarkable development of Thomas Merton—monk, poet, and social critic—as documented in nearly thirty years of correspondence with his publisher.
Zen and the Birds of Appetite
Thomas Merton
Paperback, 1968
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.
On Eastern Meditation
Thomas Merton, Bonnie Thurston
Paperback, 2013
A great introduction to the religions of the East by a monk from the West.
New Seeds of Contemplation
Thomas Merton, Sue Monk Kidd
Paperback, 2007
One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduction by best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd.
Silence, Joy
Thomas Merton, Christopher Wait
Paperback, 2018
An inspiring gift-edition of poetry and prose from the world's favorite monk-poet
The Wisdom of the Desert
Thomas Merton
Paperback, 1970
The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books—surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit.