Books and Manuscripts of Books By and About Thomas Merton; Reviews of Merton Books; and Books Used by Merton

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
Bellerman-James-David-Ayer-1997 "The Challenge of Engagement: Centrality and Expansion in the Theology of Thomas Merton." (Bellerman, James David Ayer: 1997) Item 1997
Blackwell-Thomas-2005 "How did Thomas Merton Understand the Contemplative Life as Leading to a Life of Active Engagement with the World?" (Blackwell, Thomas: 2005) Item 2005
Boswell-Marc-Jonathan-2015 "God in Whiteface: White Supremacy, Salvific Myths, and Ironic Redemption." (Boswell, Marc Jonathan: 2015) Item 2015
Briere-Jacques-1974 "Thomas Merton: Cheminement et Attitudes Monastiques." (Briere, Jacques: 1974) Item 1974
Brighouse-Diana-1997 "A Cataphatic Theology with an Apophatic Approach: A Critique of the Spirituality of Thomas Merton." (Brighouse, Diana: 1997) Item 1997
Brownsberger-John-A-1990 "Christian Meditation: Its Value and Relationship to a New Testament View of Discipleship." (Brownsberger, John A.: 1990) Item 1990
Brzezinski-Zigmund-J-1999 "Thomas Merton on Abuse of Language." (Brzezinski, Zigmund J.: 1999) Item 1999
Centner-David-J-1972 "The Influence of St. John of the Cross in the Writings of Thomas Merton." (Centner, David J.: 1972) Item 1972
Chan-Pui-Fun-Doris-2005 "Contemplation and Action: Thomas Merton's Understanding of Kenotic Christ." (Chan, Pui Fun Doris: 2005) Item 2005
Coombs-Marie-1996 "Mystery Hidden Yet Revealed: A Study of the Interrelationship of Transcendence, Self-Actualization and Creative Expression, with Reference to the Lives and the Works of Thomas Merton and Georgia O'Keeffe." (Coombs, Marie: 1996) Item 1996
Cousineau-Monique-1971 "La Theologie de la Paix Selon Thomas Merton: Un Cheminement Spirituel." (Cousineau, Monique: 1971) Item 1971
Cousins-Patrick-2015 "Prometheus and Promethean Theology in the Thought of Thomas Merton." (Cousins, Patrick: 2015) Item 2015 View
Dat-Tien-Vu-Joseph-1986 "The Recovery of Paradise: A Search for the Self According to Thomas Merton." (Dat-Tien-Vu, Joseph: 1986) Item 1986
Davis-Adam-2009 "Recovering the Face of God: The Mystical Journey of Thomas Merton." (Davis, Adam: 2009) Item 1993
Domagała-Tadeusz-2006 "Wiara Chrześcijańska a Duchowość Wschodu Według Bede Griffithsa i Tomasza Mertona." (Domagała, Tadeusz: 2006) Item 2006
Dufresne-Oliver-Joseph-Aloysius-1971 "Thomas Merton: A Man for our Times." (Dufresne, Oliver Joseph Aloysius: 1971) Item 1971
Duggan-E-F-2014 "Three Lives: Three Paths: The Spiritual Quest of Thomas Merton, Alan Watts, and Annie Dillard." (Duggan, E. F.: 2014) Item 2014
Dwyer-Cynthia-Mary-2010 "The Spiritual Journey According to Thomas Merton: Its Inner and Outer Dimensions and Pastoral Implications." (Dwyer, Cynthia Mary: 2010) Item 2010
Ferraro-Cathleen-M-1982 "A Triangle of Peacemakers: An East-West Perspective of the Nonviolent Philosophy in the Lives of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Thomas Merton." (Ferraro, Cathleen M.: 1982) Item 1982
Friedel-Andrzej-1991 "Samotność Wewnętrzna W Ujęciu Tomasza Mertona." (Friedel, Andrzej: 1991) Item 1991
Funk-Robert-W-1987 "A Return to Wisdom." (Funk, Robert W.: 1987) Item 1987
Georgiou-Steve-Theodore-2004 "Sea and Sky: Robert Lax and the Spiritual Dimensions of Minimalism." (Georgiou, Steve Theodore: 2004) Item 2004
Gillespie-John-Milton-2021 "Merton’s Muses: The Poetic Influences on Thomas Merton’s True and False Self." (Gillespie, John Milton: 2021) Item 2021
Gooch-Warren-Peter-1988 "'Wisdom: A Cantata,' An Original Composition Based Upon a Rotational Pitch System." (Gooch, Warren Peter: 1988) Item 1988
Graham-Lauren-Elizabeth-2003 "The Need to Confront Death in Albert Camus' 'Absurd', Thomas Merton's 'True Self' and Teresa de Avila's ‘Interior Castles’." (Graham, Lauren Elizabeth: 2003) Item 2003
Grzybowski-Waclaw-1993 "The Poetics and Poetry of Thomas Merton: Spirituality and Metaphor." (Grzybowski, Waclaw: 1999) Item 1993
Grzybowski-Waclaw-1999 "The Structural-Symbolic Interpretation of the Play The Tower of Babel by Thomas Merton." (Grzybowski, Waclaw: 1993) Item 1999
Haggerty-Rosanne-1982 "Thomas Merton’s Vision of Wholeness." (Haggerty, Rosanne: 1982) Item 1982
Haines-Rebecca-2005 "The Sacramental Imaginations of America: Flannery O'Connor and Thomas Merton." (Haines, Rebecca: 2005) Item 2005
Hauke-Mary-C-1987 "Developing Social Concern by Nurturing Religious Conversion." (Hauke, Mary C.: 1987) Item 1987
Hauser-Richard-Joseph-1973 "The Value of Abraham H. Maslow's Personality Theory for Understanding the Approach to Christian Prayer in Selected Writings of Thomas Merton." (Hauser, Richard Joseph: 1973) Item 1973
Hergott-Alvin-W-1971 "Thomas Merton and the Image of Man." (Hergott, Alvin W.: 1971) Item 1971
Hirsz-Piotr-1988 "Doświadczenie Boga U Tomasza Mertona." (Hirsz, Piotr: 1988) Item 1988
Hogan-Christine-Jensen-1990 "Un Pas de Deux, Un Pas de Dieu." (Hogan, Christine Jensen: 1990) Item 1990
Huang-Zichen-2019 "Yin xiu shi duo ma si.mou dun de sheng tai ling xiu = The Ecological Spirituality of Thomas Merton." (Huang, Zichen: 2019) Item 2019
Imperato-Robert-1984 "The Notion of the Person According to Daniel Clark Walsh and Thomas Merton." (Imperato, Robert: 1984) Item 1984
Jose-Fabian-UMI-2018 "The Contemplative-Prophetic Spirituality of Thomas Merton: It’s Relevance for the Consecrated Life in India." (Jose, Fabian, UMI: 2018) Item 2018
Kelly-Frederick-Joseph-1972 "The Social Dimension of Religious Man in the Writings of Thomas Merton." (Kelly, Frederick Joseph: 1972) Item 1972
Kemeza-William-James-1976 "The Renewal of the Contemplative Life in the Works of Thomas Merton." (Kemeza, William James: 1976) Item 1976
Kendall-John-James-1983 "Through Words and Silence a Comparative Study of William Johnston and Thomas Merton, Roman Catholics in Dialogue with Zen." (Kendall, John James: 1983) Item 1983
Kilby-Christina-Anne-2006 "The Poetics of Praise: Eastern Orthodox Aesthetics in the Writings of Rainer Maria Rilke and Thomas Merton." (Kilby, Christina Anne: 2006) Item 2006
Kilcourse-George-Arthur-Jr-1974 "Incarnation as the Integrating Principle in Thomas Merton's Poetry and Spirituality." (Kilcourse, George Arthur, Jr.: 1974) Item 1974
Kim-Tae-Keun-2006 "A Study on Congregation's Spiritual Growth by Contemplative Prayer Applied from Thomas Merton's Theory: (A Case Study of Bethel Methodist Church)." (Kim, Tae Keun: 2006) Item 2006
King-Marilyn-Helene-1975 "The Mountain Path: Purification and Purity of Heart in the Spiritual Life According to Thomas Merton." (King, Marilyn Helene: 1975) Item 1975
King-Peter-C-1993 "The Context of Spirituality: A Study with Special Reference to Thomas Merton and Dietrich Bonhoeffer." (King, Peter C.: 1993) Item 1993
Kulwikowski-Rafał-Szymon-2015 "Wielowarstwowość Problematyki Pokoju Na Podstawie Wybranych Dzieł Thomasa Mertona." (Kulwikowski, Rafał Szymon: 2015) Item 2015
Kwon-Hyeokil-2010 "Peace and Social Justice as Flowers of Contemplation: Wisdom from St. Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas Merton and Gil Seon-Ju for the 21st Century Korean Church." (Kwon, Hyeokil: 2010) Item 2010
Lamm-Joy-Elvey-1974 "Thomas Merton and His Message to the Poet." (Lamm, Joy Elvey: 1974) Item 1974
Lanoue-Deirdre-Madison-1999 "Henri J. M. Nouwen And Modern American Spirituality." (Lanoue, Deirdre Madison: 1999) Item 1999
Laughlin-John-Lewis-1991 "The Contributions of Thomas Merton's Writings on the True Self to Humanistic and Existential Psychology." (Laughlin, John Lewis: 1991) Item 1991
Le-François-Josette-2001 "Une Lecture Théologique de la Conversion Chez Thomas Merton à Travers la Triple Clé Biblique de Mc 8, 34; Jn 3, 7 et Ga 2, 20a: La Théologie de la Conversion Chez Thomas Merton." (Le François, Josette: 2009) Item 1998
Leary-Denise-A-1998 "Surrender to Grace." (Leary, Denise A.: 1998) Item 1998
Lebeau-Dorothy-1982 "The Monk as a Marginal Person in the Later Writings of Thomas Merton." (Lebeau, Dorothy: 1998) Item 1999
Lee-Tzu-Ying-2020 "Traducción y Recreación de la Literatura Clásica China en la Poesía Anglófona Moderna: Ezra Pound a Thomas Merton." (Lee, Tzu Ying: 2020) Item 2009
Ligo-Lael-Vivian-L-1989 "The Language of Paradox in the 'Confessions' of Augustine and the 'Seven Storey Mountain' of Thomas Merton." (Ligo, Lael Vivian L.: 1987) Item 1989
Lizano-Jesus-1963 "Merton." (Lizano, Jesus: 1963) Item 1963
Lloyd-RD-1975 "The Theological Foundation of the Contemplative Teaching of Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O." (Lloyd, R.D.: 1975) Item 1975
Lummel-Mark-Van-1985 "The Self and Self-Denial in Selected Writings of Thomas Merton." (Lummel, Mark Van: 1985) Item 1985
Maddon-Thomas-1959 "Thomas Merton’s Poems as Illustrating the Relationship of the Contemplative Life to the Development of a Christian Poetry." (Maddon, Thomas: 1959) Item 1959 View
Maloney-Stephen-R-1971 "Tongues of Flame: A Study of Five Modern Spiritual Autobiographies." (Maloney, Stephen R.: 1971) Item 1971
Mathy-Hildegard-1983 "Thomas Merton: Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten der Kontemplation in der heutigen Welt." (Mathy, Hildegard: 1983) Item 1983
McKeown-Les-1999 "The Evolution of Contemplation in the Life of Thomas Merton." (McKeown, Les: 1999) Item 1999
McKibbon-Susan-E-2003 "Dharma Monks: A Discussion of Henry Miller's Big Sur and the Orange of Hieronymus Bosch and Thomas Merton's The Seven Story Mountain." (McKibbon, Susan E.: 2003) Item 2003
McKnight-Peter-2002 "Deep Breaths in a Heady Atmosphere: Thomas Merton and Zen." (McKnight, Peter: 2002) Item 2002
Megley-Virginia-H-1975 "Risk: An Interpretation of Faith: Thomas Merton and Ramakrishna." (Megley, Virginia H.: 1975) Item 1975
Mróz-Krzysztof-1986 "Wspólnotowy Charakter Ludzkiego Bytu W Myśli Tomasza Mertona (W Oparciu O Pozycje Polskich Tłumaczeń)." (Mróz, Krzysztof: 1986) Item 1986
Nelson-Thomas-John-1984 "The Discovery of the True Self in the Thought of Thomas Merton." (Nelson, Thomas John: 1984) Item 2002
Neuhoff-Andrea-Lynn-2005 "Making America's Monk: Editing Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain." (Neuhoff, Andrea Lynn: 2010) Item 2005
Nolan-Mary-Jane-1951 "Study of the Philosophic and Poetic Ideas Contained in the Journal of Thomas Merton, 1940-1941, For the Light they Cast on Subsequent Literary Productions." (Nolan, Mary Jane: 1951) Item 1951
OSullivan-Colleen-RSJ-2006 "Thomas Merton and the Towers of Babel." Item 2006
Oddo-Thomas-Charles-1979 "The Monk and the Activist: A Comparative Study of the Spirituality of Thomas Merton and Daniel Berrigan." Item 1979
Oleśków-Wojciech-Kamil-2019 "Życie Duchowe Jako Motyw Wiarygodności Chrześcijaństwa I Kościoła W Świetle Twórczości Thomasa Mertona (1915-1968)." Item 2019
OShea-Margaret-Mary-1977 "Thomas Merton on Hermits." (O'Shea, Margaret Mary: 1977) Item 1977
Oddo-Thomas-Charles-1979 "The Monk and the Activist: A Comparative Study of the Spirituality of Thomas Merton and Daniel Berrigan." (Oddo, Thomas Charles: 1979) Item 1979
Oleśków-Wojciech-Kamil-2019 "Życie Duchowe Jako Motyw Wiarygodności Chrześcijaństwa I Kościoła W Świetle Twórczości Thomasa Mertona (1915-1968)." (Oleśków, Wojciech Kamil: 2019) Item 2019
Padovano-Anthony-Thomas-1980 "The Human Journey: Thomas Merton: Symbol of a Century." (Padovano, Anthony Thomas: 1980) Item 1980
Park-Jaechan-Anselmo-2013 "Thomas Merton's Encounter with Buddhism and Beyond: His Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-monastic Exchanges and Their Legacy." (Park, Jaechan Anselmo: 2018) Item 1995
Parker-Sara-2002 "Thomas Merton: A Case Study Using Autobiography." (Parker, Sara: 2002) Item 2002
Pascarella-Michael-Jr-2016 "The Relevance of Thomas Merton in American Society Today: A Look at the Life and Spirituality of the Late Spiritual Master and Trappist Monk Who Caught the Attention of Pope Francis." (Pascarella, Michael, Jr.: 2016) Item 2016
Pathrapankal-Mathew-1983 "Prayer, Contemplation and Contemplative Life According to Thomas Merton." (Pathrapankal, Mathew: 1983) Item 1983
Pearson-Paul-M-1985 "Search for the Promised Land: The Metaphor of Journey in the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton." (Pearson, Paul M.: 1991) Item 1997
Pease-Marilyn-T-1957 "Thomas Merton: A Literary Figure of Merit and Promise." (Pease, Marilyn T.: 1957) Item 1957
Pins-Herbert-J-1972 "Thomas Merton Valued Zen Discipline for Achievement of Transcendental Self." (Pins, Herbert J.: 1972) Item 1972
Potępa-Grażyna-2008 "Cnoty Teologalne w Pismach Thomasa Mertona." (Potępa, Grażyna: 2008) Item 2008
Raab-Joseph-Quinn-2000 "Openness and Fidelity: Thomas Merton's Dialogue with D.T. Suzuki, and Self-Transcendence." (Raab, Joseph Quinn: 2000) Item 2000 View
Reese-Daniel-Bryan-1995 "The Feast of Wisdom: Thomas Merton's Vision and Practice of a Sapiential Education." (Reese, Daniel Bryan: 1995) Item 1995
Robinson-James-2020 "Merton and Ruether: Toward A Contemplative-Prophetic Ecotheological Anthropology." (Robinson, James: 2020) Item 1982
Ronzani-Clare-1980 "Toward an Integrated Spirituality: The Contemplative-Prophetic Dimension in Thomas Merton's Spirituality." (Ronzani, Clare: 1980) Item 1980
Saltman-Benjamin-1968 "The Descent to God: Religious Language in Several Contemporary American Poets." (Saltman, Benjamin: 1968) Item 1968
Schell-Karl-Heinz-1984 "Grundung, Theorie und Lebenspraxis Amerikanischer Kloster Benediktinischer Tradition." (Schell, Karl-Heinz: 1984) Item 1984
Schuyler-William-Kearns-1970 "Transfiguration in the Desert: Thomas Merton's Search for the Love of God in Modern Man." (Schuyler, William Kearns: 1970) Item 1970
Schweigl-Paul-2019 "Catholic Intellectual Hospitality: An Application to Catholic Higher Education." (Schweigl, Paul: 2019) Item 2019
Scruggs-Ryan-2009 "Thomas Merton and the Bible: Reading that Transforms." (Scruggs, Ryan: 2005) Item 2009
Seitz-Sheila-1982 "Thomas Merton's Spirituality of Consent." (Seitz, Sheila: 1982) Item 1982
Skeffington-Thomas-1950 "Poems Set To Original Music [includes setting for Merton's poem: 'For My Brother']." (Skeffington, Thomas: 1950) Item 1950
Smith-Kevin-2016 "The Art of Integration? Psychology and Religion in the Work of Thomas Merton." (Smith, Kevin: 2016) Item 2016
Spolverato-Antonio-1986 "Thomas Merton: Dalla Filosofia Alla Contemplazione." (Spolverato, Antonio: 1986) Item 1986
St-Onge-Timothy-S-2010 "Cosmosophia: The Dwelling of the Divine in the Contemporary World." (St. Onge, Timothy S.: 2010) Item 2010
Staggs-John-H-1995 "Thomas Merton's Understanding of the Cross and its Positive Impact upon the Spiritual Well-being of Adult Lay People." (Staggs, John H.: 1995) Item 1995
Steffen-Donna-1981 "Nonviolence in the Thought of Thomas Merton." (Steffen, Donna: 1981) Item 1981