Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
Autor(a) de The Seven Storey Mountain
About the Author
Born in France, Thomas Merton was the son of an American artist and poet and her New Zealander husband, a painter. Merton lost both parents before he had finished high school, and his younger brother was killed in World War II. Something of the ephemeral character of human endeavor marked all his mostrar mais works, deepening the pathos of his writings and drawing him close to Eastern, especially Buddhist, forms of monasticism. After an initial education in the United States, France, and England, he completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University. His parents, nominally friends, had given him little religious guidance, and in 1938, he converted to Roman Catholicism. The following year he received an M.A. from Columbia University and in 1941, he entered Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, where he remained until a short time before his death. His working life was spent as a Trappist monk. At Gethsemani, he wrote his famous autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain" (1948); there he labored and prayed through the days and years of a constant regimen that began with daily prayer at 2:00 a.m. As his contemplative life developed, he still maintained contact with the outside world, his many books and articles increasing steadily as the years went by. Reading them, it is hard to think of him as only a "guilty bystander," to use the title of one of his many collections of essays. He was vehement in his opposition to the Vietnam War, to the nuclear arms race, to racial oppression. Having received permission to leave his monastery, he went on a journey to confer with mystics of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. He was accidentally electrocuted in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 10, 1968. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Thomas Merton in Pictures
From the archives of the Thomas Merton Center.
Used with permission of the Merton Legacy Trust.
Séries
Obras de Thomas Merton
Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume One 1939-1941) (1995) 410 cópias
The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 2, 1941-1952: Entering the Silence - Becoming a Monk & Writer (1996) 298 cópias
A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True LifeThe Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960 (Merton,… (1996) 203 cópias
The last of the Fathers; Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the encyclical letter, Doctor Mellifluus (1954) 170 cópias
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963) (1996) 170 cópias
The hidden ground of love : the letters of Thomas Merton on religious experience and social concerns (1985) 168 cópias
Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1997) 163 cópias
The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1998) 152 cópias
The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers (The Thomas Merton letters series) (1993) 114 cópias
The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (1990) 104 cópias
What are these wounds? : the life of a Cistercian mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières (1948) 88 cópias
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The Essential Collection (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (2008) 84 cópias
A course in Christian mysticism : thirteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton (2017) 49 cópias
Discovering the Hidden Ground of Love (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton Series) (2007) 30 cópias
An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition, 3 (Monastic Wisdom series) (Bk. 3) (2008) 24 cópias
The Life of the Vows: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition (Volume 30) (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2012) 22 cópias
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 4 (Monastic Wisdom) (2009) 22 cópias
Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 2 (Monastic Wisdom) (2007) 21 cópias
Merton & Judaism: Holiness in Words: Recognition, Repentance, and Renewal (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) 17 cópias
Monastic Observances: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 5 (Monastic Wisdom - Cistercian Publications) (1976) 15 cópias
In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age (Cistercian Studies) (2013) 12 cópias
Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 7 (Monastic Wisdom… (2015) 9 cópias
Letters from Tom: Thomas Merton Writes about Nuclear Weapons, Black/White Encounters, Authority in the Church, and… (1983) 8 cópias
The Spirit of simplicity : characteristic of the Cistercian Order : an official report, demanded and approved by the… (1948) 7 cópias
Merton & the Tao: Dialogues with John Wu and the Ancient Sages (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2013) 6 cópias
Szukanie Boga 5 cópias
Paz en tiempos de oscuridad : el testamento profético de Merton sobre la guerra y la paz (2006) 4 cópias
The Cistercian Fathers and their monastic theology : initiation into the monastic tradition 8 (2016) 3 cópias
Oplettende toeschouwer 3 cópias
Meatyard / Merton: Photographing Thomas Merton (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2014) 3 cópias
Sign of Jonas, The 3 cópias
Medieval Cistercian History: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 9 (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2019) 3 cópias
Overpeinzingen van een christen 3 cópias
A Oração Contemplativa 3 cópias
Vida i santedat 3 cópias
EL PAN VIVO. 1ª edición española. 2 cópias
Semi di cintemplazione 2 cópias
Null n'est une ile 2 cópias
Nuovi semi di contemplazione 2 cópias
The climate of monastic prayer. 2 cópias
Merton 2 cópias
Zen, tao et nirvâna : esprit et contemplation en extrême-orient. préface par marco pallis.… (2015) 2 cópias
Un' equilibrata vita di preghiera 2 cópias
Life and Prayer: The Desert Source 2 cópias
La poesia e la vita contemplativa 1 exemplar(es)
Sementes de destruição 1 exemplar(es)
Thomas Merton Reader, A 1 exemplar(es)
Collected Poems of Thomas Merton 1 exemplar(es)
Sacred Silence - Festival of Faiths, Pathway to Compassion (A Series on Compassion - May 14-19, 2013 - Louisville,… (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
Breakthrough to peace: Thirteen contributors. 1 exemplar(es)
In memoriam Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki : 1870 - 1966 1 exemplar(es)
Nul n'est une le 1 exemplar(es)
O pão vivo 1 exemplar(es)
Loretto and Gethsemani, 1812-1962 1 exemplar(es)
Le Signe de Jonas 1 exemplar(es)
La Montée vers la Lumière 1 exemplar(es)
Wie der Mond stirbt. Das letzte Tagebuch des Thomas Merton ( Asian Journal): Sonderausgabe. (1985) 1 exemplar(es)
Marta,Maria e Lazaro 1 exemplar(es)
O Homem Novo 1 exemplar(es)
Vida Contemplativa en la Trapa 1 exemplar(es)
Le Nuit Privée d'Étoiles 1 exemplar(es)
a igreja e o mundo sem deus 1 exemplar(es)
Na Liberdade da Solidão 1 exemplar(es)
Diálogos com o Silêncio 1 exemplar(es)
La révolution noire : lettre à un Blanc libéral suivie de la légende de Tucker Caliban 1 exemplar(es)
Fjellet med de syv trinn 1 exemplar(es)
The Genesee Diary 1 exemplar(es)
Pierwotny ideał karmelu 1 exemplar(es)
eremitas do saccidananda 1 exemplar(es)
A Prayer of Cassiodorus. One of 300 copies. 1 exemplar(es)
The Camaldolese Way 1 exemplar(es)
Good Work: Cha No Yu: the Japanese Tea Ceremony 1 exemplar(es)
New secrets of contemplation 1 exemplar(es)
La vida silenciosa 1 exemplar(es)
Thomas Merton on nonviolence (Words of peace) 1 exemplar(es)
La manne du dšert ou le mystře des Psaumes 1 exemplar(es)
Tiempos de celebración 1 exemplar(es)
De mens achter de monnik een leven in dagboeken 1 exemplar(es)
GETHSEMANI MAGNIFICAT: Centenary of Gethsemani Abbey. 1 exemplar(es)
La muntanya dels set cercles vol. I 1 exemplar(es)
La muntanya dels set cercles vol.II 1 exemplar(es)
The Desert fathers 1 exemplar(es)
Il monaco 1 exemplar(es)
Search for Solitude, A ~ The Journals of Thomas Merton V. 3 1 exemplar(es)
THE SOLITARY LIFE: A Letter of Guigo Introduced and Translated from the Latin by Thomas Merton (1963) 1 exemplar(es)
Prayer and the Active Life, Part 1 CD 1 exemplar(es)
Prayer and the Active Life Part 2 CD 1 exemplar(es)
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (III) 1 exemplar(es)
Cassian: Trials and Belief 1 exemplar(es)
CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE 1 exemplar(es)
Does God Hear Our Prayer? 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Prayer: the Jesus Prayer 1 exemplar(es)
Thomas Merton, Monk: A Monastic Tribute 1 exemplar(es)
Renunciation and Contemplation CD 1 exemplar(es)
Our Father: Perfect Prayer CD 1 exemplar(es)
Cablogrammi e profezie 1 exemplar(es)
Diarios / Journals: 1960-1968. La Vida Intima De Un Gran Maestro Espiritual / the Intimate Life of a Great Spiritual… (2001) 1 exemplar(es)
Luč nevidne resnice 1 exemplar(es)
Blessed are the meek: The Christian roots of nonviolence 1 exemplar(es)
(Now You Know) Thomas Merton: Medieval Monastic Movements 1 exemplar(es)
Love 1 exemplar(es)
Grande Sinal - Thomas Merton Mestre Espiritual 1 exemplar(es)
Il Papa di Maria Vergine 1 exemplar(es)
Duh 1 exemplar(es)
La preghiera dei salmi 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Truth 1 exemplar(es)
Selected Works of Thomas Merton 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Contemplation 1 exemplar(es)
Life and God’s Love 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Prophecy 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Community 1 exemplar(es)
Essential Writing 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Work 1 exemplar(es)
Life and Celebration 1 exemplar(es)
Words of Peace 1 exemplar(es)
Daily Reading Devotionals - The Modern Spirituality Series 1 exemplar(es)
LA EXPERIENCIA INTERNA 1 exemplar(es)
Zen, wijsheid en leegheid 1 exemplar(es)
Alone With God 1 exemplar(es)
Thomas Merton y Ernesto Cardenal / Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal: Correspondencia, 1959-1968 / Correspondence,… (2003) 1 exemplar(es)
Hidden Ground of Love; The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns 1 exemplar(es)
Natural Contemplation 1 exemplar(es)
Pensamientos de la soledad y la paz monástica 1 exemplar(es)
Cargo theology 1 exemplar(es)
La muntanya dels set cercles. Vol. II 1 exemplar(es)
Cistercian contemplatives : monks of the Strict Observance at Our Lady of Gethsemani, Kentucky, Our Lady of the Holy… 1 exemplar(es)
La oración en la vida religiosa 1 exemplar(es)
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians. I-V 1 exemplar(es)
Cuestiones discutidas 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Gandhi on Non-Violence: A Selection From the Writings of Mahatma Gandi (1964) — Editor, algumas edições — 336 cópias
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contribuinte — 86 cópias
Merton & Buddhism: (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2007) — Fotógrafo, algumas edições — 32 cópias
Merton & Hesychasm: The Prayer of the Heart & the Eastern Church (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) — Contribuinte — 28 cópias
Clement of Alexandria Selections from the Protreptikos (1962) — Essay, algumas edições; Tradutor, algumas edições — 12 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Merton, Thomas
- Outros nomes
- Fr. Louis
MERTON, Thomas
梅頓 - Data de nascimento
- 1915-01-31
- Data de falecimento
- 1968-12-10
- Local de enterro
- Gethsemani Abbey, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- France (birth)
USA - Local de nascimento
- Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Local de falecimento
- Mueang Samut Prakan, Thailand
- Causa da morte
- electrocution
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Saint-Antonin, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Ealing, Greater London, England, UK
Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Olean, New York, USA (mostrar todas 8)
Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, Kentucky, USA - Educação
- Lycée Ingres, Montauban
Ripley Court School, Ripley
University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Columbia University (BA|1938|MA|1939) - Ocupação
- monk (Trappist)
novelist
poet
college teacher - Organizações
- Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordained, 1949)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Spirituality (1)
1940s (1)
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