A profile of Merton as a thinker, writer, poet, peacemaker, and social critic contains significant selections from his famous and lesser-known works and considers such topics as war, love, Eastern spirituality, monastic life, and solitude. Reissue.
Essays, meditations, parables, and verse explore Merton's spirituality and present his thoughts on war, peace, love, the Psalms, and Christian life
<p><i>A Thomas Merton Reader</i> provides a complete view of Merton, in all his aspects: contemplative, spiritual writer, poet, peacemaker, and social critic. In this closely knit volume are significant selections not only from his major works but from some lesser-known, yet equally valuable, writings as well. Presented here is a living Thomas Merton, expounding through prose and poetry on an abundance of important themes -- war, love, peace, Eastern thought and spirituality, monastic life, art, contemplation, and solitude.<br><br>M. Scott Peck puts the writings included here into the context of Merton's life.</p>
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