The Intimate Merton by Thomas Merton

The Intimate Merton by Thomas Merton

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

This text tells the life of Merton, well-known spiritual traveller, in his own words from 1939 to his death in 1968. It relates his struggles with monastery life, and with his Abbot, detailing some of his writings and his love affair with a nurse.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

The Intimate Merton by Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton's influence and appeal has reached far beyond the confines of his monastic world. The publication in 1948 of his classic memoir "The Seven Storey Mountain" established him as a highly successful writer, whose searingly honest and visionary writing has the power to inspire believers and non-believers alike. From within one of the strictest monastic orders he campaigned for social justice and peace, wrote poetry, a play and popular books on the spiritual life as well as essays engaging his passionate interests in contemplative traditions of the East and the West, world literature, politics and culture. His writing continues to have enormous influence on readers of all ages. This selection of journals (originally published in seven volumes) is a powerful chronological presentation of his life. By turns inspiringly profound, breathtakingly beautiful and hauntingly moving, Merton here describes the daily sadness and joys of his relentless search to know God.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780745944364
ISBN 10 0745944361
Title The Intimate Merton
Author Thomas Merton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Year published 2002-02-15
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.