Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations about Merton

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
Cager-Marion-Theresa-1953 "Merton the Mystic." (Cager, Marion Theresa: 1953) Item 1953
Callaghan-Michael-John-1998 "The English Mystics and Thomas Merton's Sense of Absence." (Callaghan, Michael John: 1998) Item 1998
Calmes-Robert-1993 "Literary Devices and Apophatic Thought in Thomas Merton's Early Poetry." (Calmes, Robert: 1993) Item 1993
Cechony-Therese-Rowley-2002 "Birds of a Feather: A Study of the Influence of Eastern Philosophy on the Writings of Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Merton." (Cechony, Therese Rowley: 2002) Item 2002
Chambers-Timothy-J-1976 "Contemplation as the Rediscovery of Paradise: A Key to Understanding Thomas Merton." (Chambers, Timothy J.: 1976) Item 1976
Ciesielski-P-OP-1990 "Samotność Jako Droga i Przestrzeń Kontemplacji Na Podstawie Wybranych Tekstów Thomasa Mertona." (Ciesielski, P., O.P.: 1990) Item 1990
Ciller-Elvira-Rodenas-2005 "Thomas Merton: Una Propuesta De Vida Interior." (Ciller, Elvira Rodenas: 2005) Item 2005
Collier-Trent-Bryce-1996 "A Madman Runs to the East: Thomas Merton and Zen Buddhism." (Collier, Trent Bryce: 1996) Item 1996
Cosgrove-Edward-Coleman-1973 "Contemplation for Education: Its Value Shown in the Life, Education, and Writings of Thomas Merton." (Cosgrove, Edward Coleman: 1973) Item 1973
Cotty-Marion-William-Sr-SND-1966 "Christian Wisdom and Merton's Poetry." (Cotty, Marion William, Sr., S.N.D.: 1966) Item 1966
George-Virginia-S-2010 "Thomas Merton: Another Look At Enneagram Type." (George, Virginia S.: 2010) Item 2010
Giannini-Robert-Edward-1976 "Mysticism and Social Ethics: Thomas Merton Seen in the Light of Paul Tillich's Theology." (Giannini, Robert Edward: 1976) Item 1976
Givey-David-W-1977 "The Social Thought of Thomas Merton: Towards a Christian Philosophy of Non-Violence." (Givey, David W.: 1977) Item 1977
Cronin-James-G-R-2021 "A Reluctant Pacifist: Thomas Merton and the Cold War Letters, October 1961-April 1962." (Cronin, James G. R.: 2021) Item 2021 View
Crouse-Jeffrey-Dennis-Peter-1988 "A Political Consideration of Thomas Merton's Metaphysic of Nonviolence." (Crouse, Jeffrey Dennis Peter: 1988) Item 1988
Currie-Joshua-Ryan-2014 "The Contemplative Potential of the Sacramentally United." (Currie, Joshua Ryan: 2014) Item 2014
Davies-Marguerite-1973 "Thomas Merton's Rethinking of the Christian Monastic Life in the Light of the Bodhisattvacarya of Mahayana Buddhism." (Davies, Marguerite: 1973) Item 1973
Davis-Andrew-Otto-2014 "You Are That: An Upanishadic Approach to Empathic Writing Instruction in a High School Social Science Course." (Davis, Andrew Otto: 2014) Item 2009
De-Vrieze-Franklin-1990 "Thomas Merton: Theologische Aspecten van Zijn Gebedspedagogie." (De Vrieze, Franklin: 1990) Item 1986
Dobies-Karolina-2011 "Idee Personalistyczne i Egzystencjalne w Refleksji Thomasa Mertona o Człowieku." (Dobies, Karolina: 2014) Item 2011
Dufresne-Oliver-Joseph-Aloysius-1975 "Human and Cosmic Renewal: Thomas Merton's Affirmation of Christic Involvement." (Dufresne, Oliver Joseph Aloysius: 1975) Item 1975
Eaker-Alfred-2012 "Justification by Imagination: The Artistic Imagination of Thomas Merton: Its Marian Sources and Implications." (Eaker, Alfred: 2012) Item 2012
Flaherty-Luke-1969 "Mystery and Unity as Anagological Vision in Thomas Merton's 'Cables to the Ace': A Critical Explication." (Flaherty, Luke: 1969) Item 1969
Frilling-Daniel-Lee-1982 "Thomas Merton's Call to Monasticism: An Inquiry into the Spirit of Protest as it is Found Within the Monastic Calling of Thomas Merton." (Frilling, Daniel Lee: 1982) Item 1982
Oh-Bang-Sik-1992 "Contemplation in the Writings of Thomas Merton: A Developmental Hermeneutic." Item 1992
Rainsford-McMahon-Elizabeth-M-2020 "Setting Theology Free: The Shaping of an Alternative Language for Theology in the Work of Thomas Merton through a Poetics of Place." (Rainsford-McMahon, Elizabeth M.: 2020) Item 2020 View
Ranzoli-Cuccolini-Silvana-1964 "Thomas Merton." (Ranzoli Cuccolini, Silvana: 1964) Item 1964
Reilly-Mary-Paul-1953 "Thomas Merton as Poet of the Liturgy." (Reilly, Mary Paul: 1953) Item 1953
Richardson-Virginia-Anne-1993 "An Adlerian Perspective on Religious Conversion." (Richardson, Virginia Anne: 1993) Item 1993
Rossini-Giovanni-Antonio-2018 "'Summonses to Awareness:' A Meditation upon Wisdom and Artful Inquiry." (Rossini, Giovanni Antonio: 2018) Item 2018 View
Rudolph-Gerald-Lee-1978 "The Influence of the Church Fathers upon the Thought of Thomas Merton." (Rudolph, Gerald Lee: 1978) Item 1978
Schilling-Bernhard-1979 "Thomas Merton und der Friede im Nachchristlichen Zeitalter: Ein Erster Blick auf Thomas Merton und Seine Sozialkritik am Beispiel Seines Engagements fur den Weltfrieden." (Schilling, Bernhard: 1979) Item 1979
Schmitt-James-Edward-1954 "Aspects of Literary Quality in Thomas Merton's Prose." (Schmitt, James Edward: 1954) Item 1954
Schmitt-Jurgen-1986 "Liturgie Im Leben und Werk von Thomas Merton." (Schmitt, Jurgen: 1986) Item 1986
Schreiber-Suzanne-M-1976 "Thomas Merton: Man of Contemplation and Creativity." (Schreiber, Suzanne M.: 1976) Item 1976
Seal-Philip-2015 "Towards a Formalist Theological Poetics: Practising What You Preach in the Prose Writings of Thomas Merton." (Seal, Philip: 2015) Item 2015
Shaw-Jeffrey-M-2012 "Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on Technology and Freedom." (Shaw, Jeffrey M.: 2012) Item 2012
Shean-M-Jeannette-1958 "An Indexed Systhesis of the Critical Thought of Thomas Merton." (Shean, M. Jeannette: 1958) Item 1958
Silva-Rodrigo-Moreno-Ribeiro-2015 "A Relação Ética e Espiritualidade em Thomas Merton: Constituição, Percurso e Abordagens." (Silva, Rodrigo Moreno Ribeiro: 2015) Item 2015 View
Skemp-Therese-H-2001 "Three Who Found God: Spirituality in the Twentieth Century." (Skemp, Therese H.: 2001) Item 2001
Slater-Jennifer-1993 "Direct Experience of God in Contemporary Theology." (Slater, Jennifer: 1993) Item 1993
Smith-Allynn-1990 "Jung's Archetype of the Self as it Appears in Thomas Merton's Journey Toward Self-awareness." (Smith, Allynn: 1990) Item 1990
Stewart-Dustin-Donahue-2004 "Reading in(to) Thomas Merton." (Stewart, Dustin Donahue: 2004) Item 2004
Summers-Simon-C-2023 "How Is the Christian Virtue of Detachment Epistemically Transformative?" (Summers, Simon C.: 2023) Item 2023
Tebow-Michael-Wayne-2014 "Individuation Within Psychology and Spirituality: A Need for Pluralism." (Tebow, Michael Wayne: 2014) Item 2014
Tedcastle-Helen-Louise-2016 "Thomas Merton as a 'Wise Theologian': An Engagement with Hans Urs von Balthasar and David F. Ford." (Tedcastle, Helen Louise: 2016) Item 2016
Terry-Hannah-2012 "Sermon on the Mount: The Nonviolent Influence of the Catholic Church in the Vietnam Peace Protest 1960-1968." (Terry, Hannah: 2012) Item 2012
Thompson-Ryan-1997 "Thomas Merton: The Heart of Marginality." (Thompson, Ryan: 1997) Item 2015
Thomson-Susan-Mary-2020 "To What Extent is Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain 'A Twentieth Century Form' of The Confessions of St. Augustine?" (Thomson, Susan Mary: 2020) Item 2020
Vaden-Matthew-Brett-2015 "The False Self and True Self: A Christian Perspective." (Vaden, Matthew Brett: 2015) Item 2015
Vazhakoottathil-John-Antony-Theodore-1992 "Thomas Merton's Mystical Quest for the Union with God." (Vazhakoottathil, John Antony Theodore: 1992) Item 1992
Weickert-David-C-2012 "The Virtue of Detachment in the Christian Tradition: A Study of St. John of the Cross and Thomas Merton." (Weickert, David C.: 2012) Item 2012
Wierwill-Jonathan-Paul-1970 "A Comparison of the Value Notions of God, Love, and Person in the Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thomas Merton." (Wierwill, Jonathan Paul: 1970) Item 1970
Wright-Scott-1967 "The Merton-Mailer Vision." (Wright, Scott: 1967) Item 1967
Zieliński-Tomasz-2004 "Życie Monastyczne Jako Zmierzanie do Wolności Duchowej na Podstawie Pism Tomasza Mertona." (Zieliński, Tomasz: 2004) Item 2004
Peddie-Scott-2015 "An Existential Analysis of Thomas Merton’s ‘The Seven Storey Mountain’." (Peddie, Scott: 2015) Item 2015
Phillips-Andrew-1989 "The Transpersonal Aspects of Thomas Merton's Mysticism." (Phillips, Andrew: 1989) Item 1989
Pobuta-Paweł-OP-2005 "Medytacja Chrześcijańska Według Thomasa Mertona." (Pobuta, Paweł, O.P.: 2005) Item 2005
Poks-Malgorzata-2003 "Thomas Merton and Latin America: A Consonance of Voices." (Poks, Malgorzata: 2003) Item 2003
Pramuk-Christopher-2007 "Hagia Sophia: Imagination, Poetics and Presence in the Christology of Thomas Merton." (Pramuk, Christopher: 2007) Item 2007
Quinn-Mark-Anthony-1982 "Thomas Merton's Understanding of God." (Quinn, Mark Anthony: 1982) Item 1982
Raccuglia-Robert-J-1984 "The Journey of Thomas Merton." (Raccuglia, Robert J.: 1984) Item 1984
Pearson-Anne-R-2022 "Thomas Merton: A Dead White Monk as a Model for Modern Racial Justice Activism." (Pearson, Anne R.: 2022) Item 1985
Pearson-Paul-M-1991 "The Geography of a Soul: Thomas Merton's Ongoing Spiritual Autobiographical Quest within the Context of the Literary Genre of Autobiography." (Pearson, Paul M.: 1997) Item 1998
Miller-William-J-1959 "A Trappist Cistercian Monastery." (Miller, William J.: 1959) Item 1975
Milo-Tomasz-2020 "Samotność w Życiu i Pismach Tomasza Mertona." (Milo, Tomasz: 2009) Item 2020
Mulligan-Mary-Therese-2002 "Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Poetics and the Photograph." (Mulligan, Mary Therese: 2002) Item 2002
Nelson-Gene-2002 "Paria or Phoenix: An Object Relations View of Faith Reconstruction After Religious Rejection." (Nelson, Gene: 2002) Item 1969
Nelson-Nancy-T-1969 "The Poetry of Thomas Merton." (Nelson, Nancy T.: 1969) Item 1975
OLeary-Catherine-1961 "Henry D. Thoreau and Thomas Merton: A Comparative Study of the Contemplative Spirit as Shown in their Prose Works." (O'Leary, Catherine: 1961) Item 1961
Paiano-Angelo-Michael-1987 "Thomas Merton's Notion of Freedom." (Paiano, Angelo Michael: 1987) Item 1987
Papagni-Mario-2002 "The Cold War Letters of Thomas Merton." (Papagni, Mario: 2002) Item 2002
Pavlic-Richard-1998 "Mertonov Govor O Kontemplativnom Zivotu U Knjizi 'Kontemplacija U Svijetu Akcije'." (Pavlic, Richard: 1998) Item 1998
MacNeil-Stella-T-1953 "The Poetry of Thomas Merton Considered in Relation to that of Gerard Manley Hopkins and T.S. Eliot." (MacNeil, Stella T.: 1953) Item 1953
MacPeak-Hélène-Elliott-1952 "Thomas Merton, Poet of Contemplation." (MacPeak, Hélène Elliott: 1952) Item 1952
Madonna-Joseph-P-Jr-2011 "Thomas Merton and the New Monasticism." (Madonna, Joseph P., Jr.: 2011) Item 2011
Mallon-Kay-Laraine-1975 "Thomas Merton on War and Peace." (Mallon, Kay Laraine: 1975) Item 1975
Mascia-Adriana-2008 "Comunicare Attraverso il Silenzio: L'opera in Prosa di Thomas Merton." (Mascia, Adriana: 2008) Item 2008
Miano-Anne-2009 "The Harmonies of Silence: Thomas Merton's Poetry and Poetics." (Miano, Anne: 2009) Item 2009
Michowski-Edward-Jan-1984 "Granting a Certain Space to the Feminine: The Discovered-Self of Thomas Merton." (Michowski, Edward Jan: 1984) Item 1984
Miller-Samuel-G-1975 "Zen in the Christian Consciousness of Thomas Merton." (Miller, Samuel G.: 1975) Item 1959
Hall-Gary-Peter-2019 "Communing With the Stranger: Relational Dynamics and Critical Distance Between Thomas Merton and His Readers." (Hall, Gary Peter: 2019) Item 1994 View
Harrod-Joshua-M-2005 "Thomas Merton's Antipoetry Of Resistance." (Harrod, Joshua M.: 2005) Item 2005
Hawkins-Anne-Olivia-1978 "Archetypes in the Spiritual Autobiographies of St. Augustine, John Bunyan and Thomas Merton." (Hawkins, Anne Olivia: 1978) Item 1978
Helberg-Frode-2007 "Stillhetens Musikk: En Idéhistorisk Analyse av Thomas Merton Som Mystiker." (Helberg, Frode: 2007) Item 2007
Holland-Judeth-1983 "The Nature of God and Man in the Poetry of Thomas Merton." (Holland, Judeth: 1983) Item 1983
Jones-Ray-L-1995 "Dialectics and Convergence in the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton: A Search for Balance." (Jones, Ray L.: 1995) Item 1995
Jordan-Brendan-2015 "A Monastery for the Revolution: Ernesto Cardenal, Thomas Merton, and the Paradox of Violence in Nicaragua, 1957-1979." (Jordan, Brendan: 2015) Item 2015
Juszczak-Władysław-CSsR-2003 "Doniosłość Kontemplacji w Ŝyciu Chrześcijańskim w Świetle Pism Tomasza Mertona." (Juszczak, Władysław, C.Ss.R.: 2003) Item 2003
Higgins-John-J-1971 "The Theology of Prayer in the Spirituality of Thomas Merton." (Higgins, John J.: 1971) Item
Adams-Frances-2001 "A Journey Toward the Feminine: An Introduction to the Feminine Archetype in the Dreams and Selected Works of Thomas Merton." (Adams, Frances: 2001) Item 1989
Akey-John-1950 "Liturgical Imagery in the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Merton, and Robert Lowell." (Akey, John: 1950) Item 1950
Almeida-Joseph-1991 "Content and Methodology of 'Prayer' According to the Thought of Thomas Merton." (Almeida, Joseph: 1991) Item 1991
Arcilla-Solero-Jose-1979 "El Sentido del Silencio en Thomas Merton." (Arcilla Solero, Jose: 1979) Item 1979
Bao-Zhaohui-2020 "A Critical Research on Thomas Merton’s ‘The Way of Chuang Tzu’." (Bao, Zhaohui: 2020) Item 2020
Bennett-Meredith-1978 "Themes and Imagery in the Spiritual Poems of Thomas Merton: 1944-1949." (Bennett, Meredith: 1978) Item 1978
Benningfield-Brittany-C-2017 "The Niles-Merton Songs: A Performance Guide of Selected Songs." (Benningfield, Brittany C.: 2017) Item 2017 View
Berry-Judith-Elizabeth-1998 "Thomas Merton's ‘Theology of Resistance’: Towards a Political Interpretation of his Contemplative Spirituality." (Berry, Judith Elizabeth: 1998) Item 1998
Bertsch-Jeffrey-Curtis-1983 "Religious Autobiography as Social Reflection." (Bertsch, Jeffrey Curtis: 1983) Item 1983
Brown-Hunter-Lawlor-1974 "Some Implications of Thomas Merton's Thought for Theology of the Laity." (Brown, Hunter Lawlor: 1979) Item 1974