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gennee
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
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Interests: reading, writing, poetry, transgender issues, gospel, veteran's issues,jazz,education,religion,literature,Native-American and African culture,lighthouses,trails,castles,tractor trailers, playwriting, biograhies
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| Posted: 11 Aug 2008, 7:40 pm Post subject: Thomas Merton |
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I am currently reading a book named Thomas Merton:My Brother. It's the second book about him that I have read. I read an autobiography about Merton, a monk and poet, and I really fell for him. He speaks to today's man and woman though he has been decreased for 40 years. Merton (1915-1968) was in tune with the times he was living in and I can see where he would relate to the sturggles of LGBT rights, in my humble opinion.
Has anybody read any of his books? Love to heare your comments.
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Carew
Joined: 14 Aug 2007
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| Posted: 6 Dec 2009, 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Thomas Merton |
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| gennee wrote: | I am currently reading a book named Thomas Merton:My Brother. It's the second book about him that I have read. I read an autobiography about Merton, a monk and poet, and I really fell for him. He speaks to today's man and woman though he has been decreased for 40 years. Merton (1915-1968) was in tune with the times he was living in and I can see where he would relate to the sturggles of LGBT rights, in my humble opinion.
Has anybody read any of his books? Love to heare your comments.
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I've read a couple of Thomas Merton's books, including 'Seven-Storey Mountain' an autobiography, and 'Waters of Siloe', a history of the Cistercian monastic order in America. I enjoyed his works, they are written in an interesting, informative, sometimes humorous style. He lived for many years as a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Gethsemane in Kentucky, and was in Thailand for a conference on Eastern monasticism when he died.
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Carew
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| Posted: 6 Dec 2009, 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Thomas Merton |
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| gennee wrote: | I am currently reading a book named Thomas Merton:My Brother. It's the second book about him that I have read. I read an autobiography about Merton, a monk and poet, and I really fell for him. He speaks to today's man and woman though he has been decreased for 40 years. Merton (1915-1968) was in tune with the times he was living in and I can see where he would relate to the sturggles of LGBT rights, in my humble opinion.
Has anybody read any of his books? Love to heare your comments.
Gennee |
I've read a couple of Thomas Merton's books, including 'Seven-Storey Mountain' an autobiography, and 'Waters of Siloe', a history of the Cistercian monastic order in America. I enjoyed his works, they are written in an interesting, informative, sometimes humorous style. He lived for many years as a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Gethsemane in Kentucky, and was in Thailand for a conference on Eastern monasticism when he died.
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Dowl
Joined: 19 Feb 2010
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Interests: Religion, Philosophy
Physical Location: Pasadena
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As a Merton starter, I suggest his Journals there are six volumes and they take you from his youth prior to Columbia Univ. to his final trip to the East.
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gennee
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Posts: 402
Interests: reading, writing, poetry, transgender issues, gospel, veteran's issues,jazz,education,religion,literature,Native-American and African culture,lighthouses,trails,castles,tractor trailers, playwriting, biograhies
Physical Location: new york
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010, 10:11 am Post subject: I Will Do So |
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I'll do that, Dowl. I'm thinking about getting all the info I can about Merton.
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mistergenius
Joined: 31 May 2010
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Interests: Golf
Physical Location: Australia
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| Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 2:32 pm Post subject: Thomas Merton |
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Hello all,
Im looking to read a book by Thomas Merton. Ive long wanted to start reading him, but I dont have a good place to start. Are there any titles that you recommend?
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