List of works by Thomas Merton

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Below is a bibliography of published works authored by Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk of The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani. Several of the works listed here have been published posthumously.

Contents 1 Autobiographies 2 Biblical topics 3 Biographies 4 Contemplation and meditations 5 Eastern thought 6 Journal writings 7 Letters 8 Monastic, church and spiritual life 9 Novels 10 Other 11 Poetry 12 Social issues 13 See also 14 References

[edit] Autobiographies

• (1948) The Seven Storey Mountain. Harcourt Brace. OCLC 385657. 

• (1953) The Sign of Jonas. Harcourt Brace. OCLC 386887. 

• (1981) Day of a Stranger. Peregrine Smith. ISBN 0879050926. 

[edit] Biblical topics

• (1953) Bread in the Wilderness. New Directions. OCLC 371126. 

• (1956) The Living Bread. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 386309. 

• (1973) He Is Risen. Argus Communications. ISBN 0913592587. 

[edit] Biographies

• (1948) Exile Ends in Glory: The Life of a Trappistine, Mother M. Berchmans, O.C.S.O.. Bruce Publishing Company. OCLC 932012. 

• (1948) What are these wounds?: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières. Clonmore and Reynolds. OCLC 2952957. 

• (1954) The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter, Doctor Mellifluus. Harcourt Brace. OCLC 502123. 

[edit] Contemplation and meditations

• (1951) The Ascent to Truth. Harcourt Brace. OCLC 172787. 

• (1960) Disputed Questions. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. OCLC 386651. 

• (1966) Raids on the Unspeakable. New Directions. OCLC 1155682. 

• (1966) Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. DoubleDay. OCLC 712184. 

• (1969) Contemplative Prayer. Herder and Herder. OCLC 16848. 

[edit] Eastern thought

• (1965) The Way of Chuang Tzu. New Directions. OCLC 783366. 

• (1967) Mystics and Zen Masters. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. OCLC 377395. 

• (1968) Zen and the Birds of Appetite. New Directions. OCLC 276806. 

[edit] Journal writings

• (1959) The Secular Journal of Thomas Merton. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 14521398. 

• (1973) The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton. New Directions. ISBN 0811204642. 

• (1982) Woods, Shore and Desert: A Notebook, May 1968. Museum of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0890131406. 

• (2005) Cassian and the Fathers: Notes for Conferences Given in the Choir Novitiate, Abbey of Gethsemani. OCLC 16520690. 

[edit] Letters

• Papagni, Mario (2006). The Cold War Letters of Thomas Merton. M.A. Thesis: Spring Hill College. OCLC 51181592. 

[edit] Monastic, church and spiritual life

• (1949) The Waters of Siloe. Harcourt Brace. OCLC 386181. 

• (1955) No Man Is an Island. Harcourt Brace. OCLC 388043. 

• (1957) The Silent Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 774280. 

• (1958) Thoughts in Solitude. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 388042. 

• (1960) The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings From the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century. New Directions. OCLC 943800. 

• (1960) Spiritual Direction and Meditation. Liturgical Press. OCLC 255764. 

• (1961) The New Man. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 710446. 

• (1963) Life and Holiness. Herder and Herder. OCLC 387439. 

• (1965) Seasons of Celebration. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 386274. 

• (1966) Gethsemani: A Life of Praise. OCLC 969279. 

• (1971) Contemplation in a World of Action. Doubleday. OCLC 127701. 

• Merton, Thomas; Hart, Patrick (1977). The Monastic Journey. Sheldon Press. ISBN 085969108X. 

• Merton, Thomas; Burton, Naomi; Hart, Patrick (1979). Love and Living. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0156538954. 

• Merton, Thomas; Daggy, Robert E. (1981). Introductions East and West: The Foreign Prefaces of Thomas Merton. Unicorn Press. ISBN 0877751390. 

[edit] Novels

• (1969) My Argument with the Gestapo: A Macaronic Journal. Doubleday. OCLC 13332. 

[edit] Other

• (1961) The Behavior of Titans. New Directions. OCLC 1086883. 

• (1976) Ishi Means Man. Unicorn Press. ISBN 0877751005. 

• Merton, Thomas; Hart, Patrick (1981). The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton. New Directions. ISBN 081120815X. 

[edit] Poetry

• (1944) Thirty Poems. New Directions. OCLC 1911736. 

• (1949) Seeds of Contemplation. New Directions. OCLC 225115. 

• (1946) A Man in the Divided Sea. New Directions. OCLC 1454855. 

• (1949) The Tears of the Blind Lions. New Directions. OCLC 224716. 

• (1957) The Strange Islands: Poems. New Directions. OCLC 289506. 

• (1959) Selected Poems. J. Laughlin. OCLC 123120117. 

• (1963) Emblems of a Season of Fury. New Directions. OCLC 289508. 

• (1968) Monks Pond: No. 1, 1968. OCLC 170840170. 

• (1968) Cables to the Ace. New Directions. OCLC 439169. 

• (1969) The Geography of Lograire. New Directions. OCLC 58131. 

• (1977) The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton. New Directions. ISBN 0811206432. 

• (2005) In The Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton. New Directions. ISBN 0811216136. 

[edit] Social issues

• (1964) Seeds of Destruction. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 306973. 

• (1965) Gandhi on Non-Violence. New Directions. OCLC 60860722. 

• (1968) Faith and Violence. University of Notre Dame Press. OCLC 327320. 

• (1980) The Non-Violent Alternative. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 174711710. 

• (1985) The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters on Religious Experience and Social Concerns (Letters, 1). 

• (1986) Opening the Bible. 

• (1988) A Vow of Conversation: Journals 1964-1965. 

• (1988) Thomas Merton in Alaska: The Alaskan Conferences, Journals and Letters. 

• (1989) The Road to Joy: Letter to New and Old Friends (Letters, II). 

• (1990) The School of Charity: Letters on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (Letters, III). 

• (1993) The Courage for Truth: Letters to Writers (Letters, IV). 

• (1994) Witness to Freedom: Letters in Times of Crisis (Letters, V). 

• (1995) Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (Journals, I: 1939-1941). 

• (1996) Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer (Journals, II: 1941-1952). 

• (1996) A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life (Journals, III: 1952-1960). 

• (1996) Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (Journals, IV: 1960-1963). 

• (1997) Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage (Journals, V: 1963- 1965). 

• (1997) Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Journals VI: 1966-1967). 

• (1998) The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Journals VII: 1967-1968. 

• (1999) The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals. 

• (2001) Dialogues with Silence. 

• (2002) Love and Living. Harcourt Trade Publishers. ISBN 0156027992. 

• (2003) The Inner Experience. 

• (2003) Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers. 

• (2004) Peace in a Post-Christian Era. 

[edit] See also

• List of works about Thomas Merton

[edit] References

• Breit, Marquita E.; Robert E. Daggy (1986). Thomas Merton: A Comprehensive Bibliography. 
• Breit, Marquita E.; Patricia A. Burton; Paul M. Pearson (2002). ‘About Merton’: Secondary Sources 1945-2000: A Bibliographic Workbook.