Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
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A propos de l'auteur
Born in France, Thomas Merton was the son of an American artist and poet and her New Zealander husband, a painter. Merton lost both parents before he had finished high school, and his younger brother was killed in World War II. Something of the ephemeral character of human endeavor marked all his afficher plus works, deepening the pathos of his writings and drawing him close to Eastern, especially Buddhist, forms of monasticism. After an initial education in the United States, France, and England, he completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University. His parents, nominally friends, had given him little religious guidance, and in 1938, he converted to Roman Catholicism. The following year he received an M.A. from Columbia University and in 1941, he entered Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, where he remained until a short time before his death. His working life was spent as a Trappist monk. At Gethsemani, he wrote his famous autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain" (1948); there he labored and prayed through the days and years of a constant regimen that began with daily prayer at 2:00 a.m. As his contemplative life developed, he still maintained contact with the outside world, his many books and articles increasing steadily as the years went by. Reading them, it is hard to think of him as only a "guilty bystander," to use the title of one of his many collections of essays. He was vehement in his opposition to the Vietnam War, to the nuclear arms race, to racial oppression. Having received permission to leave his monastery, he went on a journey to confer with mystics of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. He was accidentally electrocuted in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 10, 1968. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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From the archives of the Thomas Merton Center.
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Séries
Œuvres de Thomas Merton
Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume One 1939-1941) (1995) 411 exemplaires
The Journals of Thomas Merton, Vol. 2, 1941-1952: Entering the Silence - Becoming a Monk & Writer (1996) 300 exemplaires
A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True LifeThe Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960 (Merton,… (1996) 204 exemplaires
The hidden ground of love : the letters of Thomas Merton on religious experience and social concerns (1985) 176 exemplaires
The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter 'Doctor Mellifluus' (1954) 172 exemplaires
Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4: 1960-1963) (1996) 170 exemplaires
Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1997) 165 exemplaires
The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (1998) 154 exemplaires
The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers (The Thomas Merton letters series) (1993) 118 exemplaires
The School of Charity: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (1990) 106 exemplaires
What are these wounds? : the life of a Cistercian mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières (1948) 92 exemplaires
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The Essential Collection (Merton, Thomas//Journal of Thomas Merton) (2008) 85 exemplaires
Through the Year With Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Writings (1985) — Auteur — 80 exemplaires
A course in Christian mysticism : thirteen sessions with the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton (2017) 51 exemplaires
Discovering the Hidden Ground of Love (Bridges to Contemplative Living With Thomas Merton Series) (2007) 30 exemplaires
A Course in Desert Spirituality: Fifteen Sessions with the Famous Trappist Monk (2019) 28 exemplaires
An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition, 3 (Monastic Wisdom series) (Bk. 3) (2008) 24 exemplaires
Original child bomb : points for meditation to be scratched on the walls of a cave (1961) 24 exemplaires
The Life of the Vows: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition (Volume 30) (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2012) 22 exemplaires
Pre-Benedictine Monasticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 2 (Monastic Wisdom) (2007) 22 exemplaires
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 4 (Monastic Wisdom) (2009) 22 exemplaires
At Home in the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether (1995) 22 exemplaires
Breakthrough to Peace: Twelve Views on the Threat of Thermonuclear Extermination (1962) 18 exemplaires
Merton & Judaism: Holiness in Words: Recognition, Repentance, and Renewal (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) 18 exemplaires
Monastic Observances: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 5 (Monastic Wisdom - Cistercian Publications) (1976) 15 exemplaires
In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age (Cistercian Studies) (2013) 12 exemplaires
Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 7 (Monastic Wisdom… (2015) 9 exemplaires
The Spirit of simplicity : characteristic of the Cistercian Order : an official report, demanded and approved by the… (1948) 8 exemplaires
Letters from Tom: Thomas Merton Writes about Nuclear Weapons, Black/White Encounters, Authority in the Church, and… (1983) 8 exemplaires
From the Monastery to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal (2017) 8 exemplaires
Merton & the Tao: Dialogues with John Wu and the Ancient Sages (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2013) 6 exemplaires
Szukanie Boga 5 exemplaires
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (I) 4 exemplaires
Paz en tiempos de oscuridad : el testamento profético de Merton sobre la guerra y la paz (2006) 4 exemplaires
The Cistercian Fathers and their monastic theology : initiation into the monastic tradition 8 (2016) 3 exemplaires
Overpeinzingen van een christen 3 exemplaires
Vida i santedat 3 exemplaires
Medieval Cistercian History: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 9 (Monastic Wisdom Series) (2019) 3 exemplaires
A Oração Contemplativa 3 exemplaires
Oplettende toeschouwer 3 exemplaires
Meatyard / Merton: Photographing Thomas Merton (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2014) 3 exemplaires
San Bernardo, el ultimo de los padres 2 exemplaires
La muntanya dels set cercles. Vol. II 2 exemplaires
Semi di cintemplazione 2 exemplaires
The Paternoster Series No. 7: What Is Contemplation? 2 exemplaires
Nuovi semi di contemplazione 2 exemplaires
Null n'est une ile 2 exemplaires
EL PAN VIVO. 1ª edición española. 2 exemplaires
Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton (16-Nov-1994) Paperback 2 exemplaires
The climate of monastic prayer. 2 exemplaires
Laudate Dominum: Gregorian Chant by the Trappist Monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, with program notes by… 2 exemplaires
Merton 2 exemplaires
Un' equilibrata vita di preghiera 2 exemplaires
Zen, tao et nirvâna : esprit et contemplation en extrême-orient. préface par marco pallis.… (2015) 2 exemplaires
Life and Prayer: The Desert Source 2 exemplaires
La Montée vers la Lumière 1 exemplaire
Tiempos de celebración 1 exemplaire
La manne du dšert ou le mystře des Psaumes 1 exemplaire
O pão vivo 1 exemplaire
Thomas Merton on nonviolence (Words of peace) 1 exemplaire
Sementes de destruição 1 exemplaire
Thomas Merton Reader, A 1 exemplaire
Collected Poems of Thomas Merton 1 exemplaire
Marthe, Marie et Lazare 1 exemplaire
Loretto and Gethsemani, 1812-1962 1 exemplaire
O Homem Novo 1 exemplaire
In memoriam Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki : 1870 - 1966 1 exemplaire
La poesia e la vita contemplativa 1 exemplaire
Asiatisches Tagebuch 1 exemplaire
a igreja e o mundo sem deus 1 exemplaire
Le Nuit Privée d'Étoiles 1 exemplaire
Vida Contemplativa en la Trapa 1 exemplaire
New secrets of contemplation 1 exemplaire
Cistercian contemplatives / — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Sacred Silence - Festival of Faiths, Pathway to Compassion (A Series on Compassion - May 14-19, 2013 - Louisville,… (2013) 1 exemplaire
Breakthrough to peace: Thirteen contributors. 1 exemplaire
Nul n'est une le 1 exemplaire
Na Liberdade da Solidão 1 exemplaire
Fjellet med de syv trinn 1 exemplaire
La muntanya dels set cercles vol. I 1 exemplaire
The Desert fathers 1 exemplaire
Keiner ist eine Insel. Betrachtungen über die Liebe. 1 exemplaire
Keiner ist eine Insel. Christliche Meditationen. 1 exemplaire
In memory of Thomas Merton 1 exemplaire
The Sign of Jonah 1 exemplaire
Pensamientos en soledad 1 exemplaire
Il monaco 1 exemplaire
The Genesee Diary 1 exemplaire
Good Work: Cha No Yu: the Japanese Tea Ceremony 1 exemplaire
The Camaldolese Way 1 exemplaire
A Prayer of Cassiodorus. One of 300 copies. 1 exemplaire
eremitas do saccidananda 1 exemplaire
Pierwotny ideał karmelu 1 exemplaire
Wie der Mond stirbt. Das letzte Tagebuch des Thomas Merton ( Asian Journal): Sonderausgabe. (1985) 1 exemplaire
La vida silenciosa 1 exemplaire
CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE 1 exemplaire
Prayer and the Active Life, Part 1 CD 1 exemplaire
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians (III) 1 exemplaire
Prayer and the Active Life Part 2 CD 1 exemplaire
Cassian: Trials and Belief 1 exemplaire
Does God Hear Our Prayer? 1 exemplaire
Life and Prayer: the Jesus Prayer 1 exemplaire
Thomas Merton, Monk: A Monastic Tribute 1 exemplaire
Renunciation and Contemplation CD 1 exemplaire
Our Father: Perfect Prayer CD 1 exemplaire
THE SOLITARY LIFE: A Letter of Guigo Introduced and Translated from the Latin by Thomas Merton (1963) 1 exemplaire
Love 1 exemplaire
Diarios / Journals: 1960-1968. La Vida Intima De Un Gran Maestro Espiritual / the Intimate Life of a Great Spiritual… (2001) 1 exemplaire
Luč nevidne resnice 1 exemplaire
Cablogrammi e profezie 1 exemplaire
Grande Sinal - Thomas Merton Mestre Espiritual 1 exemplaire
Duh 1 exemplaire
Il Papa di Maria Vergine 1 exemplaire
La preghiera dei salmi 1 exemplaire
Life and Community 1 exemplaire
Life and Contemplation 1 exemplaire
Life and God’s Love 1 exemplaire
Life and Prophecy 1 exemplaire
Life and Truth 1 exemplaire
Life and Work 1 exemplaire
LA EXPERIENCIA INTERNA 1 exemplaire
Life and Celebration 1 exemplaire
Words of Peace 1 exemplaire
Essential Writing 1 exemplaire
Cargo theology 1 exemplaire
Alone With God 1 exemplaire
Thomas Merton y Ernesto Cardenal / Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal: Correspondencia, 1959-1968 / Correspondence,… (2003) 1 exemplaire
Hidden Ground of Love; The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns 1 exemplaire
Natural Contemplation 1 exemplaire
Pensamientos de la soledad y la paz monástica 1 exemplaire
Zen, wijsheid en leegheid 1 exemplaire
Cistercian contemplatives : monks of the Strict Observance at Our Lady of Gethsemani, Kentucky, Our Lady of the Holy… 1 exemplaire
La oración en la vida religiosa 1 exemplaire
St. Aelred of Rievaulx and the Cistercians. I-V 1 exemplaire
Cuestiones discutidas 1 exemplaire
Selected Works of Thomas Merton 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Saint-Augustin : Oeuvres, tome 2 : La Cité de Dieu (0426) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 6,221 exemplaires
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Contributeur — 835 exemplaires
Gandhi on Non-Violence: A Selection From the Writings of Mahatma Gandi (1964) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 338 exemplaires
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contributeur — 87 exemplaires
Merton & Buddhism: (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2007) — Photographe, quelques éditions — 32 exemplaires
Merton & Hesychasm: The Prayer of the Heart & the Eastern Church (The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series) (2003) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
Clement of Alexandria Selections from the Protreptikos (1962) — Essay, quelques éditions; Traducteur, quelques éditions — 12 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Merton, Thomas
- Autres noms
- Fr. Louis
MERTON, Thomas
梅頓 - Date de naissance
- 1915-01-31
- Date de décès
- 1968-12-10
- Lieu de sépulture
- Gethsemani Abbey, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- France (birth)
USA - Lieu de naissance
- Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- Lieu du décès
- Mueang Samut Prakan, Thailand
- Cause du décès
- electrocution
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Saint-Antonin, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Ealing, Greater London, England, UK
Ripley, Surrey, England, UK
Olean, New York, USA (tout afficher 8)
Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, Kentucky, USA - Études
- Lycée Ingres, Montauban
Ripley Court School, Ripley
University of Cambridge (Clare College)
Columbia University (BA|1938|MA|1939) - Professions
- monk (Trappist)
novelist
poet
college teacher - Organisations
- Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordained, 1949)
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- Œuvres
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- 36
- Membres
- 32,593
- Popularité
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- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
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- ISBN
- 699
- Langues
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- Favoris
- 85
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> « Afin de devenir moi-même, je dois cesser d'être ce que j'ai toujours cru que je voulais être. Afin de me trouver moi-même, je dois sortir de moi-même et afin de vivre, je dois mourir. »
—Thomas Merton, Semences de contemplation, (Seuil - 1952)… (plus d'informations)