Identity elements
Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG5-v-ByTM-175b_Tr1
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
Continuation of Merton recording 175a, Track 3
Date(s)
- 1967 June 4 (Creation)
Extent
1 digital sound file, OGG format; 51 seconds
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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Scope and content
Merton's reflection on a section of Ernst Benz's book, "Evolution of Christian Hope."