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Thomas Merton
Thomas
Merton (1915–1968) was a Trappist monk, spiritual director, political
activist, social critic, and one of the most-read spiritual writers of the
twentieth century. He is the author of many books, including
The
Seven Storey Mountain.
Titles by Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing Christianity / Creativity / Poetry Paperback original / New Seeds / 240 pages / 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ISBN 978-1-59030-348-1 / February 2007 List Price: $14.00 Our Price: $11.20, you save $2.80 (20%) Usually ships in 24–48 hours.  When Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery in December 1941, he turned his back on secular life—including a very promising literary career. He sent his journals, a novel-in-progess, and copies of all his poems to his mentor, Columbia professor Mark Van Doren, for safe...  
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In print for more than forty years, New Seeds of Contemplation has served as a guide to the contemplative life for several generations of spiritual seekers. The word contemplation is itself somewhat problematical, according to Thomas Merton: "It can become almost a magic word,...
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Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away." This sequel to Seeds of Contemplation...
Christianity / Shambhala Pocket Classics Paperback original / New Seeds / 232 pages / 3 x 4 1/2 ISBN 978-1-59030-273-6 / November 2005 List Price: $6.95 Our Price: $5.56, you save $1.39 (20%) Usually ships in 24–48 hours. This pocket-sized treasury of wisdom from the influential Christian contemplative, political activist, social visionary, and literary figure is abridged from the larger collection Seeds by Robert Inchausti (Shambhala, 2002). Christianity Paperback original / Shambhala Publications / 192 pages / 6 x 9 ISBN 978-1-57062-930-3 / October 2002 List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96, you save $2.99 (20%) Usually ships in 24–48 hours. Introduction 1 xi PART ONE: REAL AND FALSE SELVES 1 PART TWO: THE WORLD WE LIVE IN 25
Unquiet City 27
The Technological Imperative 43
Events and Pseudo-Events 49 PART THREE: ANTIDOTES TO ILLUSION 57
Truth 59
Silence 63
Solitude 65
Prayer, Meditation,... The Wisdom of the Desert; New Seeds of Contemplation; No Man Is an Island; The Way of Chuang Tzu Christianity / Shambhala Library / Special Offers Hardcover / Shambhala Library ISBN 978-1-59030-504-1 / List Price: $49.95 Usually ships in 24–48 hours. Special Offer: Get these four books for the price of three for $49.95 (a savings of $19.85!).
Thomas Merton was one of the most influential Christian monks of the twentieth century. He authored over sixty books, and these four offer a unique glimpse into the mind of... Christianity / Shambhala Pocket Classics Paperback / Shambhala Pocket Classics / 155 pages / 3 x 4-1/2 ISBN 978-0-87773-920-3 / May 1993 List Price: $6.95 Our Price: $5.56, you save $1.39 (20%) Usually ships in 24–48 hours. In thirty-seven concise and beautifully written chapters, Thomas Merton explores the meaning of interior solitude and its necessary role in bringing every life to joyous fruition. "What is said here about solitude is not just a recipe for hermits," he writes in the preface, "it has... Chinese Philosophy / Gift Books / Shambhala Library / Taoism Hardcover / Shambhala Library / 192 pages / 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 ISBN 978-1-59030-143-2 / March 2004 List Price: $18.95 Our Price: $15.16, you save $3.79 (20%) Usually ships in 24–48 hours. Chuang Tzu—considered, along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought—used parables and anecdotes, allegory and paradox, to illustrate that real happiness and freedom are found only in understanding the Tao or Way of nature, and dwelling in its unity. The respected... Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century Christianity / Gift Books / Shambhala Library Hardcover / Shambhala Library / 208 pages / 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 ISBN 978-1-59030-039-8 / November 2004 List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $13.56, you save $3.39 (20%) Usually ships in 24–48 hours. In the fourth century, the wildernesses of Egypt and Palestine were inhabited by a strange breed of spiritual nonconformists: the first Christian hermits. Thomas Merton's affection for these "Desert Fathers" shines in this much-loved treasury of their acts and words of wisdom. His free...
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