Thomas Merton: Selected Essays - Softcover

Patrick F O'Connell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626980926 ISBN 13: 9781626980921

Publisher: Orbis Books, 2014

Synopsis

Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk who died in 1968, was one of the greatest spiritual writers of the twentieth century. His published works include a hundred volumes in many genres. But it was perhaps in the essay form that Merton found his natural element. This volume is the first to provide a broad cross-section of Mertons work as an essayist, collecting characteristic examples of his astonishing output and the range of his interestsfrom Faulkner and Zen to nuclear war and the contemplative life.

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Review:

A useful compendium for those already familiar with the breadth and depth of Mertons vision, and a splendid introduction for those encountering Thomas Merton for the first time. --Brother Patrick Hart

About the Author:

Patrick F. O Connell is professor in the departments of English and theology at Cannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. A founding member and former president of the International Thomas Merton Society, he edits The Merton Seasonal and is coauthor of The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia."

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1626980926
• ISBN 13: 9781626980921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512