The Pocket Thomas Merton

By Thomas Merton
Edited by Robert Inchausti

$12.95
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9781611803761
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Shambhala Publications
08/01/2017
Pages: 160
Size: 4.25 x 6.75
ISBN: 9781611803761
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Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was spiritual parent to a generation—and his influence, through his many books, has only increased in the half-century since his death. He was a hermit who maintained a compelling correspondence with some of the most influential thinkers of his age; he was a social and political activist whose ideas had a seminal influence in the world beyond his monastic cloister; and he was a Christian who saw through the boundaries of religious identity in a way that was truly ahead of his time. This collection of short excerpts from his voluminous writings covers all of the famous Trappist monk’s main themes, thus serving as a perfect short introduction to his work in his own words.