Robert Inchausti is a professor of English at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He is the editor of two previous Merton anthologies and the author of several other books, including Subversive Orthodoxy and Thomas Merton’s Spiritual Prophecy.
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
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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...
Christianity / Shambhala Pocket Classics
Paperback original / New Seeds / 232 pages / 3 x 4 1/2
ISBN 978-1-59030-273-6 / November 2005
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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
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Introduction
Thomas Merton was the quintessential American outsider, who defined himself in opposition to the world in both word and deed and then discovered a way back into dialogue with it and compassion for it. He was not a spokesman for any particular group, cause, or idea, but rather...
