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First lines: "During 1988-89, innumerable twentieth anniversary events commemorated the death of Thomas Merton"... Citation: Mid-Stream: An Ecumenical Journal 30.1 (January 1991): 35-49. George Kilcourse.
First lines: "The four issues of "Monk's Pond", the magazine edited by Thomas Merton, represent one of the last"... Citation: Fifth Direction (Autumn 1989): 3. Rusty C. Moe.
First lines: "The accidental death of Thomas Merton last year represents a significant loss to contemporary"... Citation: Banner Nashville TN (25 July 1969). Anthony Forbes. Duplicate on item 23.
First lines: "More than a surprise, this book is an astonishment. Thomas Merton destroyed three of his unpublished"... Citation: New York Times Book Review (10 July 1969): 39. John Leonard. 2 copies. Also see 13.
First lines: "Thomas Merton's early novel, "My Argument With the Gestapo," now published for the first time,"... Citation: Star Washington DC (24 August 1969). Peter T. Rohrbach.
First lines: "This book was written shortly before the author entered the Trappist monastery at Gethesmane,"... Citation: Telegram Portland ME (4 January 1970). Edward Schriver.
First lines: "Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before"... Citation: News - American Baltimore, MD. (25 July 1969). Also see 05, 10, 15, 19, 21a, and 23b.
First lines: "Written 28 years ago and published only after his death last December, this is the first premonastic"... Citation: Sunday Herald-Leader Lexington, KY (14 December 1969). Also see 17.
First lines: "Written when the late Thomas Merton was in his twenties, this novel moves back and forth from the"... Citation: Publishers Weekly (7 July 1969): 82.
First lines: "Posthumously in "My Argument With the Gestapo" come this mark by which the scope"... Citation: The Anniston Star (July 6, 1969).
Reviews of Mystics and Zen masters.
First lines: "'The horizons of the world', Thomas Merton writes, 'are no longer confined to Europe and America. It"... Citation: New York Review (4 May 1967).
First lines: "In "The Seven Storey Mountain" Merton told of his religious and intellectual pilgrimage which led"... Citation: Times Dispatch Richmond, VA. Tracy Early.
First lines: "According to Merton's preface, the unifying purpose of these essays is "to understand various ways"... Citation: Thought 43 (Spring 1968): 139-140.
First lines: "The fact that this book has been granted two nihil obstat sanctions will make reading it easier for"... Citation: Choice 4 (November 1967): 1004.
First lines: "In recent times Thomas Merton (who may"... Citation: Monumenta Nipponica 23.3/4 (1968): 503-504.
Reviews of Nativity Kerygma.
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First lines: "The content of this new book by the distinguished Christian thinker and Cistercian monk Thomas"... Citation: American Ecclesiastical Review 148 (January 1963): 65-66. Claude Charles H. Williamson.
First lines: "Thomas Merton is a very well-known person and a very popular writer of religious books. Ever since"... Citation: Catholic World 195 (April 1962): 44. Rev. Cornelius B. Outcault.
First lines: "'It is a spiritual disaster for a man to rest content with his exterior identity, with his passport"... Citation: Courier-Journal [Louisville] (7 January 1962). William Habich.
First lines: "Since the appearance, some twelve years ago, of his Elected Silence, Thomas Merton has established"... Citation: Times Literary Supplement [London] (3 August 1962): 561.
First lines: "Thomas Merton's "The New Man' (Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, $3.50) explores the question of spiritual"... Citation: Press Telegram Long Beach CA (18 February 1962).
First lines: "Merton explores the question of spiritual identity. "We come to 'realize' and 'know' ourselves when"... Citation: Review for Religious 21.5 (September 1962): 483. Eugene J. Corbett, SJ.
First lines: "To a Catholic Simone Weil, the young Jewess died at the age of thirty-four, remains an enigmatic"... Citation: Tablet [London] 216 (15 December 1962): 1225-1226.
First lines: "'My own reflections on certain aspects of the spiritual life' is Thomas Merton's description of his"... Citation: dust jacket blurb.
First lines: "This is the latest work of Thomas Merton whom his follow monks know as Fr. Louis, a Trappist now"... Citation: Globe Boston MA (10 April 1955).
First lines: "Thomas Merton has now written his 12th book, "No Man Is An Island," a reflection on the spiritual"... Citation: News Malden, Mass (26 May 1955).
First lines: "Thomas Merton, who is Father Louis of the Trappist Oder of Gethsemani, writes a sequel to his "Seeds"... Citation: Chronicle San Francisco CA (29 May 1955). J.V.
First lines: "this is a book written by a man of God for men of God. As such it may also be of value to those men"... Citation: New York Times Book Review 60 (27 March 1955):4. Emile Cailliet.
First lines: "The most useful book since Seven Storey Mountain, for the general reader. Such topics as silence,"... Citation: America (18 February 1956).
First lines: "To judge from the Catholic press, the Church's activity today is as vigorous as it has ever been." Citation: Commonweal 62.6 (13 May 1955): 155-159. Aelred Graham.
First lines: "It was said of Paul Claudel that his poetry disclosed a "terrible unity." Claudel's meaning was so"... Citation: America 93 (16 April 1955): 79,81.
First lines: "If not approached by the right"... Citation: Catholic Worker XXI.10 (May 1955): 4.
First lines: "In mid-1964, Thomas Merton issued a call to retreat to a group of friends, bringing them to his"... Citation: Catholic Worker 46.7 (September 1980): 2, 5. Bill Barrett OFM.
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First lines: "Notes on Genesis and Exodus: Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy 2, edited by Patrick F. O’Connell"... Citation: The Merton Annual 35 (2022): 231-236.
First lines: "This is the second volume of "Novitiate Conferences on Scripture and Liturgy" delivered"... Citation: Cistercian Studies Quarterly 57.1 (2022): 123-125.
First lines: "'Honestly I don't think it matters a bit"... Citation: The Merton Annual 26 (2013): 213-216.
First lines: "Both Paul M. Pearson and Bonnie Thurston have done a remarkable job of extracting some of Merton's"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 37:4 (Winter 2012): 26-28.
First lines: "In this book Thomas Merton offers the reader some random reflections concerning a few specific"... Citation: American Ecclesiastical Review 166 (Summer 1972): 501.
First lines: "Written originally as an introduction to a new translation"... Citation: Cistercian Studies 7.2 (1972). Bulletin of Monastic Spirituality # 285. [148].
First lines: "A cryptic, bitter summation of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"... Citation: Booklist [Chicago, IL] 58 (1 June 1958): 677.
First lines: "Catholic theologian George Weigel suspects orthodox Christians can be a dangerous breed, people with"... Citation: Houston Chronicle (5 September 1998): 3E. Cecile S. Holmes.
First lines: "During Holy Week in 1968 Merton noted Martin Luther King Jr's violent death an apocalyptic"... Citation: Merton Annual 12: 233-236.
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First lines: "Passion for Peace: Reflections on War and Nonviolence is an abridged version of the 1995 edition"... Citation: Spiritual Life 53.3 (Fall 2007): 181-183.
First lines: "One might expect a book of essays from the '60s to read like an exercise in historical nostalgia." Citation: Review for Religious 55.4 (July-August 1996): 436-437.
First lines: "There is an attempt these days to read Merton's writings in the context and chronology of his life's"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 20:3 (Summer 1995): 18-19.
First lines: "Kwestia pokoju stanowi istotny element mysli spolecznej Kosciola." Citation: Tarnowskie Studia Teologiczne 26.2 (2007): 153-154.
First lines: "The story behind this treatise by the legendary"... Citation: Publishers Weekly 251.39 (September 27, 2004): 58.
First lines: "It is always strangely refreshing to be reminded of the truth at the heart of a well-worn cliché." Citation: Merton Annual 19: 397-399.
Reviews of The Power and Meaning of Love.
First lines: "This work consists of six selections from previously published material. Most of the essays are"... Citation: Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7.3 (1976): 455. George L. Donaldson.
First lines: "Thomas Merton explains the teaching of St John of the Cross on mystical prayer and union with God as"... Citation: Clergy Review 62 (August 1977): 336-337. S.G.A. Luff.
First lines: "This book contains six essays, chiefly concerned with love and the solitary life of prayer. The"... Citation: Heythrop Journal [London] 18.1 (January 1977): 105.
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Reviews of Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Intiation into the Monastic Tradition 2.
First lines: "Patrick O' Connell presents us with a sacred collection of teaching notes drawn up"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 32:2 (Summer 2007): 40-41.
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First lines: "Many will be familiar with the writings of Thomas Merton, I am not, so came to this almanac"... Citation: Good Book Stall (3 January 2012).
First lines: "Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, has gathered together a new collection of his literary pieces:"... Citation: Publishers Weekly 189 (20 June 1966): 79. Barbara A. Bannon.
First lines: "Thomas Merton byl postacia wybitna, czlowiekiem"... Citation: Nowe Ksiazki 1 (2005): 27.
First lines: "There are lots and lots of "spiritual" books coming out these days, because there is, thanks be to"... Citation: America 161.15 (18 November 1989): 358-359. M. Basil Pennington OCSO.
First lines: "Judging from the number of his works that are to be found in even the chain bookstores, Thomas"... Citation: World Literature Today 64.3 (Summer 1990): 469. Kieran Quinlan.
First lines: "When, suddenly and not without theatrical flourish, the monk-savant Thomas Merton died in 1968, he"... Citation: Grail [Canada] 6.1 (March 1990): 106-110. Michael W. Higgins.
First lines: "Thomas Merton was once advised by Evelyn Waugh, who edited The Seven"... Citation: Merton Journal [UK] 2.1 (Easter 1995): 46-50.
First lines: "The second collection of Merton's letters continues the high standard set by The Hidden"... Citation: The Merton Seasonal 14:4 (Autumn 1989): 8-93.
First lines: "Saint Augustine, in the course of giving an account of his early years"... Citation: Cistercian Studies Quarterly 50.1 (2015): 105-108.
Reviews of Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation.
First lines: "These volumes are beautifully produced. Simply to hold and look at them seems to confirm the"... Citation: Anglican Theological Review 79.1 (Winter 1997): 92-95. Gabriel Everitt OSB.
First lines: "The first of these journals records the thoughts, feelings and observations of the young Thomas"... Citation: National Catholic Reporter 32.19 (8 March 1996): 14. Clarence Thomson.
First lines: "Thomas Merton, peace worker, artist, spiritual explorer and Trappist monk, died in 1968. With this"... Citation: Catholic Herald [London] (23 February 1996): 6. Denis Archdeacon.
First lines: "Hold on folks, here we go. This first volume of Merton's personal journals is a heavy tome that is"...
First lines: "Pisana w latach II wojny swiatowej autobiografia Tomasza Mertona,"... Citation: W Drodze 5.369 (2004): 76-81.
First lines: "On April 18, 1941, back in New York after his Holy Week retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani,"... Citation: Merton Annual 9: 288-298 [online].
First lines: "This first of a projected series of seven volumes of Merton journals actually comprises three"... Citation: Merton Annual 9: 298-303 [online].
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First lines: "With the publication of The Courage for Truth in August, the number of volumes of Thomas Merton's"... Citation: National Catholic Reporter 30.7 (10 December 1993): 23. Mary Luke Tobin.
First lines: "Anyone interested in Thomas Merton and his writing will find in this third volume of his letters a"... Citation: Review for Religious 51 (November-December 1992): 935-937. Mary Catherine Smith.
First lines: "This third volume of the projected five-volume series of the letters of Thomas Merton embraces the"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville] (10 November 1990): A15. L. Elisabeth Beattie.
First lines: "This is the third volume of Merton's letters and in its way is the most interesting so far,"... Citation: Hallel [Ireland] 18.2 (1993): 148-150. Nivard Kinsella.
First lines: "For the last three years of his life, Thomas Merton was a Desert Father. After a quarter of a"... Citation: Lexington Herald-Leader (23 December 1990): F6. Guy Davenport.
First lines: "It is reasonable to assume that Thomas Merton will be, at least for a good while to come, the last"... Citation: Newsday (6 December 1990): 44. Vince Passaro.
First lines: "Thomas Merton, activist monk, reformed man of the world and author of The Seven Storey Mountain,"... Citation: Publishers Weekly 237.38 (21 September 1990.
First lines: "The third published collection of letters from Thomas Merton are addressed to members of religious"... Citation: Booklist [Chicago, IL] 87.3 (1 October 1990): 230.
First lines: "Whether for reasons of the heart or for affections of the intellect, whether traumatized by the"... Citation: Merton Annual 5: 275-284.
First lines: "The third volume of the letters of the late Thomas Merton, carefully selected and edited"... Citation: Cistercian Studies 25.4 (1990) :332-337.
First lines: "Dear Brother Louie, I have just finished reading The School of Charity, letters you wrote to"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 16.2 (Spring 1991): 20-22.
First lines: "This volume is the third collection of letters in a series of five which includes The Hidden Ground"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 16.2 (Spring 1991): 23-25.
First lines: "Thomas Merton's journals passes the half-way point and we come within five years of his death. They"... Citation: Catholic Herald [London] (13 June 1997): 6. Denis Archdeacon.
First lines: "One mourns the decline in quality of modern letters. Yet the monastery provided locale, occasion,"... Citation: Christian Century 102.31 (16 October 1985).
First lines: "Thomas Merton was a prodigious writer. Dozens of books, scores of articles, and between three and"... Citation: Best Sellers 45.4 (July 1985): 149. E. Springs Steele.
First lines: "In many ways, Thomas Merton was a peculiar monk--sworn to the strict Trappist vows of silence, he"... Citation: Booklist [Chicago] 81.17 (may 1985): 1220. Bryce J. Christensen.
First lines: "Should Trappists write? Should they write about some things and not about others? As we know, Merton"... Citation: Cithara [St. Bonaventure University] 25.2 (May 1986): 82-83. Robert Lax.
First lines: "Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, was a man of letters. He wrote more than 3000 of them. Letters were"... Citation: Houston Chronicle (7 July 1985): 19. Joseph Patrick Kennedy.
First lines: "This first volume of Merton's letters, three more are planned, may prove to be one of the final"... Citation: Living Prayer 21.6 (November-December 1988): 61-62. Joan Williams OCD.