Thomas Merton

Selected Works by Thomas Merton

For further titles see the author entry in the library catalog.

  • The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton. New York: New Directions, 1973. (BX 4705 M54 A6 A74)
  • Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality. Springfield, IL:Templegate, 1996. (BX 4705 M54 A6 B3)
  • Bread in the Wilderness. New York: New Directions, 1953. (BX 4705 M54 A4 B73)
  • Catch of Anti-Letters. With Robert Lax. Mission, Kan: Sheed, 1978. (PS 3525 E7174 Z49)
  • Cistercian Life. Spencer: Cistercian, 1974. (BX 3417 M558)
  • The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton. New York: New Directions, 1977. (PS 3525 E7174 A17)
  • Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. (BX 4705 M54 A6 C6)
  • Contemplation in a World of Action. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. (BQT 2304.2 M46)
  • Contemplative Prayer. New York: Herder & Herder, 1969. (BX 4705 M54 A5)
  • Disputed Questions. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960. (BX 4705 M54 D57)
  • Emblems of a Season of Fury. Norfolk: Laughton, 1963. (PS 3525 E7174 E4)
  • Faith and Violence. Notre Dame: U of Notre Dame P, 1968. (BX 4705 M54 A6)
  • Geography of Holiness (Photography) Ed. Deba Patnaik. New York: Pilgrim, 1980. (BQX 7279 M4 G4)
  • The Journals of Thomas Merton 6 vol. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996. (BX 4705 M542 A3)
  • Hidden Ground of Love. (Letters) New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1985. (BX 4705 M542 A275)
  • The Last of the Fathers. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1954. (BX 4700 B5 M4)
  • Life and Holiness. New York: Herder and Herder, 1963. (BX 4705 M54 A6 L5)
  • The Living Bread. New York: Farrar, Straus, Cudahy, 1956. (BX 2215 M558)
  • A Man in the Divided Sea. Norfolk: New Directions, 1946. (PS 3525 E7174 M3)
  • My Argument with the Gestapo. Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. (PZ 4 M5766)
  • Mystics and Zen Masters. New York: Dell, 1967. (BX 4705 M54 A6 M9)
  • The New Man. New York: Farrar, Straus, Cudahy, 1961. (BX 4705 M54 A6 N47)
  • No Man is an Island. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanich, 1978. (BX 4705 M54 A3 N6)
  • Raids on the Unspeakable. New York: New Directions, 1966. (PS 3525 E7174 R3)
  • A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life. With Lawrence Cunningham. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996 (BX 4705 M542 A3)
  • The Secular Journal of Thomas Merton. New York: Farrar, Straus, Cudahy, 1959. (BX 4705 M542 A28)
  • Seeds of Destruction. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1965. (BQT 190 M47)
  • The Seven Story Mountain. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1948. (BX 4705 M542 A3)
  • The Silent Life. New York: Farrar, Straus, Cudahy, 1957. (BX 2431 M4)
  • Thoughts in Solitude. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. (BX 4705 M54 A6 T46)
  • A Vow of Conversation. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1988. (BX 4705 M54 A3)
  • Waters of Siloe. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949. (BX 4705 M54 A6 W3)

Selected Biographies of Thomas Merton

  • Forest, James H. Living with wisdom: a Life of Thomas Merton. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991. (BX 4705 M5 F67)
  • Furlong, Monica. Merton: A Biography. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. (BX 4705 M542 F87)
  • Griffin, John H. Follow the Ecstasy. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. (BX 4705 M54 G75)
  • Inchausti, Robert. Thomas Merton's American Prophecy. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. (BX 4705 M54 I52 T46)
  • Kountz, Peter. Thomas Merton as Writer and Monk: a Cultural Study, 1915-1951. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Pub., 1991. (BX 4705 M54 K68)
  • Merton, Thomas. Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. (BX 4705 M54 A6 L4)
  • Mott, Michael. The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton. Boston: Houghton, 1984. (BX 4705 M542 M858)
  • Pennington, M. Basil. Thomas Merton, Brother Monk: the Quest for True Freedom. San Francisco: Harper & Row, c1987. (BX 4705 M54 P46)
  • Rice, Edward E. The Man in the Sycamore Tree. Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. (BQX 7279 M4 R5)
  • Shannon, William Henry. Silent lamp: the Thomas Merton story. New York: Crossroad, 1992. (BX 4705 M54 S52 S54)
  • Wilkes, Paul. Merton: By Those Who Knew Him Best. San Francisco: Harper, 1984. (BX 4705 M542 M558)

Studies of Merton's Thought

  • Adams, Daniel. Thomas Merton's Shared Contemplation: A Protestant Perspective. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1974. (BX 4705 M558 A34)
  • Bailey, Raymond. Thomas Merton on Mysticism. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975.(BX 4705 M54 B28)
  • Baker, James T. Thomas Merton Social Critic. Lexington: UP Kentucky, 1981. (BQX 7279 M4 B3)
  • Carr, Anne. A Search for Wisdom and Spirit. Notre Dame UP, 1988. (BX 4705 M54 C37)
  • Cashen, Richard. Solitude in the thought of Thomas Merton. Kalamazoo: Cistercian, 1981. (BX 4705 M542 C37)
  • Finley, James. Merton's Palace of Nowhere. Notre Dame: Ave Maria, 1978. (BX 4705 M54 A8 F48)
  • Kelly, Frederic J. Man Before God: Merton on Social Responsibility. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. (BQX 7279 M4 K4)
  • Kramer, Victor A. Thomas Merton, Monk and Artist. Kalamazoo: Cistercian, 1984. (BX 4705 M54 Z5, K7)
  • Lentfoehr, Thérèse. Words and Silence: on the Poetry of Thomas Merton. New York: New Directions, 1979. (PS 3525 E7174 Z77)
  • Malits, Elena. The Solitary Explorer. San Francisco: Harper, 1980. (BQX 7279 M4 M34)
  • Shannon, William. Thomas Merton's Dark Path. New York: Farrar, 1981. (BQX 7279 M4 S48)
  • Woodcock, George. Thomas Merton Monk and Poet. New York: Farrar, 1978. (PS 3525 E7174 Z95)
  • Zuercher, Suzanne. Merton: an Enneagram Profile. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1996. (BX 4705 M54 Z84)

Bibliographies

  • Dell'Isola, Frank. Thomas Merton: A Bibliography. Kent State U P, 1975. (Z 8570.6 D38)
  • Merton Annual. New York: AMS vol. 1- (1988-). (BX 4705 M54 M47)

Other Media

  • Beauty is From God. Sound Recording. Kansas City, MO: Credence Cassettes : National Catholic Reporter, 1988. Merton relates pleasure, art and contemplation and finds God in all three. (BX 4705 M54 B428)
  • Love Casts Out Fear. Sound Recording. Kansas City, MO: Credence Cassettes : National Catholic Reporter, 1988. Merton discusses the theology of love of St. Bernard. (BX 4705 M54 A6 L68)
  • Monastic Spirituality. Sound Recording. Kansas City, MO: Credence Cassettes : National Catholic Reporter, 1988. Merton explains the key elements of a monk's spirituality, especially the inner heart of poverty and the longing for God. (BX 4705 M54 A6 M66c)

Internet Resources

  • The Abbey of Gethsemani This site provides information about Merton's Abbey and the Trappist order; it is also a good source of information about Merton and his writings.
  • FireWatch dedicated to distributing information on the works of Thomas Merton and on religious contemplation in general.
  • The Thomas Merton Collection at St. Joseph's College Provides glimpses of the Merton Collection at Wellehan Library of St. Joseph's College, Maine. Photographs of Merton together with excerpts from his writings are featured.
  • The Thomas Merton Foundation This site is hosted by The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine College. In 1967, Merton made Bellarmine the official repository for his manuscripts, letters, journals, etc. A good source of links to other related web pages.
  • The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland The society seeks to encourage the publication of works by or about Thomas Merton and publishes The Merton Journal twice yearly. This is another good source of links.