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A posthumously published collection of Merton’s essays and meditations centering on the need for love in learning to live. “Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity.” Edited by Naomi Burton Stone and Brother Patrick Hart.

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was born in France and came to live in the United States at the age of 24. He received several awards recognizing his contribution to religious study and contemplation, including the Pax Medal in 1963, and remained a devoted spiritualist and a tireless advocate for social justice until his death in 1968.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; First Edition (November 11, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0156027992
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0156027991
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.6 x 8 inches

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is arguably the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, has millions of copies and has been translated into over fifteen languages. He wrote over sixty other books and hundreds of poems and articles on topics ranging from monastic spirituality to civil rights, nonviolence, and the nuclear arms race.

After a rambunctious youth and adolescence, Merton converted to Roman Catholicism and entered the Abbey of Gethsemani, a community of monks belonging to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists), the most ascetic Roman Catholic monastic order.

The twenty-seven years he spent in Gethsemani brought about profound changes in his self-understanding. This ongoing conversion impelled him into the political arena, where he became, according to Daniel Berrigan, the conscience of the peace movement of the 1960's. Referring to race and peace as the two most urgent issues of our time, Merton was a strong supporter of the nonviolent civil rights movement, which he called "certainly the greatest example of Christian faith in action in the social history of the United States." For his social activism Merton endured severe criticism, from Catholics and non-Catholics alike, who assailed his political writings as unbecoming of a monk.

During his last years, he became deeply interested in Asian religions, particularly Zen Buddhism, and in promoting East-West dialogue. After several meetings with Merton during the American monk's trip to the Far East in 1968, the Dali Lama praised him as having a more profound understanding of Buddhism than any other Christian he had known. It was during this trip to a conference on East-West monastic dialogue that Merton died, in Bangkok on December 10, 1968, the victim of an accidental electrocution. The date marked the twenty-seventh anniversary of his entrance to Gethsemani.

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P. B. Green

The older you get, the more stunning this is

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2017

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Things that were "beliefs" become convictions. You realize writers who always seemed to radiate a weird glow are actually your witnesses, and that they, as much as your confidants and Mother Church (so easy to stray from) have managed to help keep you "in life" until you could hear the message all the way down. For me, key chapters are "Symbolism..." (very Percy, that one), and the meditation on "Death." Merton even cracks a joke here and there. Seek and ye shall actually find. Imagine that.

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Claire Provost pm

Merton is a gift

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2013

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I love all of Merton's writings. This one being one of his earlier writing is in an older style (pre vatican). That didn't bother me, being old myself. What I find absolutely amazing about Merton is his simple, creative way of saying the deep spiritual things. It is as though he is sitting there speaking with you and you almost sense that he hears your question.
I'll buy anything by merton. I've bought just about all of his books however because I lend them I'm often at a loss for finding one of my favourites in my collection.

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Sarah

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2017

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It's Hard to top Merton!

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2014

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Thomas Merton is simply incredible and in my opinion the most significant religious for half a century. This book is a fine treatment about the realities of love in ouir lives. He has a way of making the deepest and even mystical matters understandable and he more than any author has been the most influential for me 1972. That's a long time. He is a gifted, humorous, lucid and superb author. You cannot get much better than him if you are interested in a real "spiritual life".

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Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2014

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I read this book about 5 times before I became Christian. His essay "Cargo Cults of the South Pacific" is one of the best pieces I have read by anyone on any subject. It clearly explains the psychology of idolatry and compares the primitive attempts at association with modern man's response to TV commercials.

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bfm29

truthful and simple written about love that I have seen

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015

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There is nothing more profound, truthful and simple written about love that I have seen. Merton is always a profoundly satisfying while combining intellectual, and spiritual truths that stand as comfort and rebuke to a chaotic and superficial world.

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THE 20th Century Contemplative

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2019

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Reading and conteplating Life and Living can b a life changing experience

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Al Kihano

useless stuff, but earnest

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 1999

Phew. Judging by this book, Merton was a much better person than he was a writer. Maybe I went into this book expecting too much, but I finished the book utterly unimpressed with what it had to say. It boils down to a series of very discrete strategies for living one's life in a loving and satisfying way. I can't really ``disagree'' with it--yeah sure, ok, love is good, uh-huh--but that doesn't stop me from wishing Merton were a lot more explicit and rigorous in his prescriptions. As it stands, I don't know how anyone could possibly profit from reading this touchy-feely manifesto.

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