Thomas Merton

You may recall Thomas Merton's exclamation on his first visit to the abbey of Gethsemani, that he had discovered the only real city in America.

'Benedict and the Future of Europe' - Speech at St Anselmo in Rome 2006

I read holy books from many religions, and soon found wonderful writers who came from various traditions: Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, Adin Steinsaltz, Elie Wiesel, Chasidic Masters, the Dalai Lama, Rumi, and commentators on the Mahabharata and Upanishads, to name a few.

Rabbi Alan Lurie: Why I Love Religion Rabbi Alan Lurie 2011

Thomas Merton reflected on this theme in the context of warfare, concluding that it is actually an overabundance of rationality more so than its lack that makes violence possible.

Randall Amster: Healing the Wounds: Transforming Our Culture of Violence Randall Amster 2011

Mitchell is contemplating entering the seminary, but all his religious experience comes secondhand, filtering down to him through the books of Thomas Merton and Thomas à Kempis.

Sense & Semiotics Sam Sacks 2011

Thomas Merton reflected on this theme in the context of warfare, concluding that it is actually an overabundance of rationality more so than its lack that makes violence possible.

Randall Amster: Healing the Wounds: Transforming Our Culture of Violence Randall Amster 2011

I read holy books from many religions, and soon found wonderful writers who came from various traditions: Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, Adin Steinsaltz, Elie Wiesel, Chasidic Masters, the Dalai Lama, Rumi, and commentators on the Mahabharata and Upanishads, to name a few.

Rabbi Alan Lurie: Why I Love Religion Rabbi Alan Lurie 2011

And I'm sure you know about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk whose 1948 memoir, The Seven Storey Mountain, made him a worldwide spiritual celebrity.

Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011

I read holy books from many religions, and soon found wonderful writers who came from various traditions: Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, Adin Steinsaltz, Elie Wiesel, Chasidic Masters, the Dalai Lama, Rumi, and commentators on the Mahabharata and Upanishads, to name a few.

Rabbi Alan Lurie: Why I Love Religion Rabbi Alan Lurie 2011

And I'm sure you know about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk whose 1948 memoir, The Seven Storey Mountain, made him a worldwide spiritual celebrity.

Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011

I read holy books from many religions, and soon found wonderful writers who came from various traditions: Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, Thomas Merton, Adin Steinsaltz, Elie Wiesel, Chasidic Masters, the Dalai Lama, Rumi, and commentators on the Mahabharata and Upanishads, to name a few.

Rabbi Alan Lurie: Why I Love Religion Rabbi Alan Lurie 2011