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Reviews of:

New Seeds of Contemplation

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01New Seeds of ContemplationAt first glance, it seems almost a superfluity to review such a well-known book. However, thePenrose, Sr. M. Romanus Review for Religious (Summer 1972): 889.
1972
02Fusion and Fission: Two by MertonWhat is likely to strike the general reader first is the heterogeneity of this collection. ItGilbert, Mary, S.N.J.M. Sewanee Review 72.4 (Autumn 1964): 715-718.
1964
03 In the preface of his latest book, Merton explains that he wrote his first Seeds of Contemplation 12Vianney, Mary, S.S.J. Ave Maria (3 March 1962): 27-28.
1962
04 Thomas Merton wrote Life and Holiness, a simple sketch (perhaps too sketchy) of the Christian lifeFitzGibbon, G., S.J. Month [London] 31 (January 1964): 57-58.
1964
05The Spritual LifeTo a Catholic Simone Weil, the young Jewess died at the age of thirty-four, remains an enigmaticSchlegel, Desmond, O.S.B. Tablet [London] 216 (15 December 1962): 1225-1226.
1962
06 This is undoubtedly one of the most read books of Thomas Merton apart from his autobiographyEastman, Patrick Monos 17.1 (Jan/Feb 2004): 7.
2004
07 New Seeds of Contemplation orginally appeared in 1961, and it was itself a major reworking ofCentner, David J., O.C.D. Spiritual Life 54.3 (Fall 2008): 185-86.
2008
08'New Seeds of Contemplation' Reflects on Man's Inner LifeThis new edition is a much-enlarged and revised versionWhite, Stepheny F. Jeffersonian (May 18, 1972).
1972
09 New Seeds of Contemplation is a revision and amplification of the author's well-knownNo Author Listed The Furrow , 14.7 (Jul. 1963): 473.
1963