Thomas Merton

Selected and introduced by a leading scholar, here are key writings of one of the 20th century's most admired spiritual writers, Trappist monk Thomas Merton. Merton's work reflects a living encounter with the tradition of Christian wisdom as well engagement with the burning questions of our world: peace, monasticism, spiritual wisdom, and the quest for meaning in the face of absurdity.

Editor Christine M. Bochen is professor of religious studies at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. She has edited The Courage of Truth, one volume of Merton’s collected letters, and Learning to Love, the sixth volume of his journals.