| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year | 
		
			| 01 |   | A chronological survey of what Thomas Merton had to say about comtemplation. | No Author Listed | 
						Choice 19 (October 1981): 294. 
							
						 | 1981 | 
		
			| 02 |   | Still another book about Thomas Merton?  Yes, and it won't be the last. | Christopher, Michael | 
						U.S. Catholic 46 (November 1981): 49-50. 
							
						 | 1981 | 
		
			| 03 | Pilgrimage to Compassion | The contemporary spate of "spirituality" books which continue the vogue in booktrade houses | Kilcourse, George | 
						Commonweal 110 (18 November 1983): 634-637. 
							
						 | 1983 | 
		
			| 04 |   | Critical interest in Thomas Merton has grown steadily since his death | Kaftan, Robert | 
						Christian Century 98 (2 December 1981): 1266-1267. 
							
						 | 1981 | 
		
			| 05 | Random Notes | Thomas Merton's Dark Path: The Inner Experience of a Contemplative, is an excellent | No Author Listed | 
						National Review 33 (3 April 1981): 368. 
							
						 | 1981 | 
		
			| 06 |   | Books on Merton will continue to be written.  Even if he is not quite, | Hewett, William | 
						Heythrop Journal [London] 24.3 (July 1983): 353-355. 
							
						 | 1983 | 
		
			| 07 | Merton and the Monastic Idea | The literature of exploration appeals. The | Curtin, Timothy A. | 
						America  (August 8, 1981): 57. 
							
						 | 1981 | 
		
			| XREF1 | Merton's Affirmation and Affirmation of Merton: Writing about Silence | Thomas Merton chose to be a cloistered contemplative within one of the most austere religious orders in the United States. | Kramer, Victor A. | 
						Review [Charlottesville, VA] 4 (1982): 295-333 [see review author file]. 
							
						 | 1982 |