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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was one of the most influential spiritual writers of modern times. His letters (those written both by him and to him), archived at the Thomas Merton Studies Center in Kentucky, number more than ten thousand. This title...

Merton wrote to people of all faiths and none; he wrote to people who were searching, and those who were firmly established in religious orders; he wrote to students, peace activists and ‘ordinary’ people who had read about him and were...

Thomas Merton is one of the most influential spiritual figures of the twentieth century. Originally published under the title The Climate of Monastic Prayer, Where Prayer Flourishes is his final work. It is full of accessible and practical teaching...

Thomas Merton's lectures to the young monastics at the Abbey of Gethsemani provide a good look at Merton the scholar.