The Poetry of Thomas Merton: Understanding His Spirituality (Part 2)
In the first several pages of Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, a kind of literary journal published in 1966, Merton mentions which authors he is reading: Karl Barth, St.
Thomas Merton: Contemplative Monk or Catholic Activist
Meditations on Thomas Merton and His Writings
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The Poetry of Thomas Merton: Understanding His Spirituality (Part 1)
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