| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | Thomas Merton once complained, in response to the fact that writing demands were constantly being | McInerny, D.Q. |
Catholic Historical Review 72.4 (October 1986): 683-684. D.Q. McInerny
| 1986 |
| 02 | The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters. By Thomas Merton. Selected and edited by William H. Shannon. | One mourns the decline in quality of modern letters. Yet the monastery provided locale, occasion, | |
Christian Century 102.31 (16 October 1985).
| 1985 |
| 03 | A life of trying to balance activism with religion | "When you get down to it," Thomas Merton wrote when he was 26, "Catholic Action means not voting for | Simon, Linda |
Christian Science Monitor 77 (22 May 1985): 21-22. Linda Simon
| 1985 |
| 04 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns. | This is the first of what will be four volumes of the letters of Thomas Merton. This volume contains | Cunningham, Lawrence S. |
Horizons 13.1 (Spring 1986): 195-196. Lawrence S. Cunningham
| 1986 |
| 05 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | As a young monk, Thomas Merton was advised by Evelyn Waugh "to put books aside and write serious | Malits, Elena, CSC |
Journal of Religion 66.4 (October 1986): 458-459. Elena Malits
| 1986 |
| 06 | Merton, Thomas | The still point of Merton's life was his devotion to monastic contemplation and solitude, to the | Lichtenberg, Carol J. |
Library Journal 110 (15 May 1985): 60. Carol J. Lichtenberg
| 1985 |
| 07 | A poet and pacifist: The Hidden Ground of Love | With the death of Thomas Merton in 1968, the world lost more than an eloquent and a celebrated monk. | O'Donoghue, Dermot |
Maclean's [Canada] (9 September 1985): 8.
| 1985 |
| 08 | A Burnt-Out Case | Here is the first of a projected four volumes that will share with us the inner thoughts of the | Stravinskas, Peter |
National Review 38.7 (25 April 1986): 54-56. Peter Stravinskas
| 1986 |
| 09 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letter of Thomas Merton on Religious Experiences and Social Concerns | "I believe my vocation is essentially that of a pilgrim and an exile in life, that I have no proper | |
Review for Religious 46.5 (September-October 1987): 788-789.
| 1987 |
| 10 | Thoms Merton | Merton, Cistercian monk, author of over 40 books of autobiography, poetry, and essays on literature, | Kramer, Dewey Weiss |
Theology Today 43.1 (April 1986): 148. Dewey Weiss Kramer
| 1986 |
| 11 | Bookshelf: Epistles From Father Louis | "I am large," Walt Whitman boasted, "I contain multitudes." The late Thomas Merton also was large. | Fuller, Edmund |
Wall Street Journal 65 (4 June 1985): 24. Edmund Fuller
| 1985 |
| 12 | Thomas Merton: Dissenter and Pacifist | One after another, like icons in a procession, Thomas Merton books are being published. And read. | McCarthy, Colman |
Washington Post Book World (30 June 1985): 8. Colman McCarthy
| 1985 |
| 13 | This indefatigable monk wrote to all sorts about all subjects | With the publication of The Courage for Truth in August, the number of volumes of Thomas Merton's | Tobin, Mary Luke, SL |
National Catholic Reporter 30.7 (10 December 1993): 23. Mark Luke Tobin
| 1993 |
| 14 | Man Of Our Century | Thomas Merton was first of all a man, a man open to and filled with the anguish of our times. At age | Garner, Marilyn |
Antigonish Review [Nova Scotia] 62 & 63 (1986): 41-43. Marilyn Garner
| 1986 |
| 15 | Merton, Thomas | Thomas Merton was a prodigious writer. Dozens of books, scores of articles, and between three and | Steele, E. Springs |
Best Sellers 45.4 (July 1985): 149. E. Springs Steele
| 1985 |
| 16 | Merton, Thomas | In many ways, Thomas Merton was a peculiar monk--sworn to the strict Trappist vows of silence, he | Christensen, Bryce J. |
Booklist [Chicago] 81.17 (may 1985): 1220. Bryce J. Christensen
| 1985 |
| 17 | Harvesting the Fruits of Monastic Contemplation | When Thomas Merton entered Gethsemani Abbey forty-five years ago, he stepped into a world whose | Plank, Karl A. |
Books and Religion 14 (October 1986): 8-9. Karl A. Plank
| 1986 |
| 18 | Review Article | While he lived, Thomas Merton's life was a mystery to many, including himself, and since his death | Labrie, Ross |
Canadian Catholic Review 3.8 (September 1985): 15/295-16/296. Ross Labrie
| 1985 |
| 19 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | Thomas Merton, Trappist monk, poet, and author of books on the spiritual and contemplative life, | McDonald, Donald |
Center Magazine 18.6 (November-December 1986): 26-27. Donald McDonald
| 1985 |
| 20 | Merton, Thomas | The first of four projected volumes of letters from (but not to) Merton, this is a treasure trove. | McCormick, Chalmers |
Choice 23.3 (November 1985): 464. Chalmers McCormick
| 1985 |
| 21 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | Should Trappists write? Should they write about some things and not about others? As we know, Merton | Lax, Robert |
Cithara [St. Bonaventure University] 25.2 (May 1986): 82-83. Robert Lax
| 1986 |
| 22 | | It is the paradox of formation in the midst of deformation, of consonance out of dissonance that | Muto, Susan Annette |
Commonweal 113.4 (28 February 1986): 118. Susan Annette Muto
| 1986 |
| 23 | | When, Suddenly and not without theatrical flourish, the monk-savant Thomas Merton died in 1968, he | Kennedy, John J. |
Grail 6.1 (March 1990): 106-110. John J. Kennedy.
| 1990 |
| 24 | Mountains to climb: Thomas Merton as correspondent | Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, was a man of letters. He wrote more than 3000 of them. Letters were | Kennedy, Joseph Patrick |
Houston Chronicle (7 July 1985): 19. Joseph Patrick Kennedy
| 1985 |
| 25 | Letters of Thomas Merton: the enigma remains | To date 3,500 of Thomas Merton's letters have been collected, and more are expected to turn up in | Duncan, David A. |
Houston Post (21 July 1985): 2G. David A. Duncan
| 1985 |
| 26 | A passion for justice | Thomas Merton spent 27 years as a monk in the Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance, | Phillips, E. Harrell |
Jackson Sun (29 September 1985): 4B. E. Harrell Phillips
| 1985 |
| 27 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | This first volume of Merton's letters, three more are planned, may prove to be one of the final | Williams, Joan, OCD |
Living Prayer 21.6 (November-December 1988): 61-62. Joan Williams OCD
| 1988 |
| 28 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | Since Thomas Merton's accidental death in 1968, we have seen everything from picture books on people | LaSalle, Peter |
Los Angeles Times (13 October 1985). Peter LaSalle
| 1985 |
| 29 | Letters on the road to Polonnaruwa | Thomas Merton could not write. He compulsively contemplated on thinking-writing. In 27 years of | Kinzie, Charles |
National Catholic Reporter 22.29 (16 May 1986): 12. Charles Kinzie
| 1986 |
| 30 | The outspoken Trappist | "My life is in many ways simple, but it is also a mystery which I do not attempt to really | Ellis, John Tracy |
New York Times Book Review (11 August 1985):7. John Tracy Ellis
| 1985 |
| 31 | Thomas Merton's letters reveal a complex man | Thomas Merton was a letter writer's letter writer. The first of what may become five hefty volumes | Finley, Mitch |
Our Sunday Visitor 74.39 (26 January 1986): 7. Mitch Finley
| 1986 |
| 32 | | December 10th 1988 marked the twentieth anniversary of Thomas Merton's death by electrocution in | Pearson, Paul M. |
Priests and People 3.7 (July-August 1989): 294-295. Paul M. Pearson
| 1989 |
| 33 | | The corpus of literature in this country concerning Thomas Merton continues to grow with Collins' | Pearson, Paul M. |
Priests and People 4.10 (November 1990): 426. Paul M. Pearson
| 1990 |
| 34 | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | Many of the entries in this collection of letters by one of the 20th century's original thinkers are | |
Publishers Weekly 227.14 (5 April 1985): no.14, p.60. Paul M. Pearson
| 1985 |
| 35 | The Burgeoning Merton Industry | A colleague of mine regularly drops off for my perusal the proceedings of a society dedicated to | Labrie, Ross |
Resources for American Literary Study 15.1 (Spring 1985): 49-59. Ross Labrie
| 1985 |
| 36 | A Man to Match His 'Mountain' | These two new Thomas Merton titles provide fascinating insights into the development of the | Michaels, Paul |
Review [Sacramento] (1 September 1985): 8. Paul Michaels
| 1985 |
| 37 | Thomas Merton's Fruitful Service: Being Rooted in the Hidden Ground of Love | Over the years it has been asked by more than one writer: "If Thomas Merton suffered so by remaining | Ryan, Gregory J. |
Sisters Today 59.10 (June-July 1988): 593-599. Gregory J. Ryan
| 1988 |
| 38 | The Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns | These recent releases once again confirm the amazing magnitude of Merton's literary endeavors. The | Payne, Steven, OCD |
Spiritual Life 31 (Fall 1985): 187. Steven Payne OCD
| 1985 |
| 39 | | Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk from the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky, | Coughlin, Robert M. |
St. Anthony Messenger 93.7 (December 1985): 50-51. Robert M. Coughlin
| 1985 |
| 40 | Merton, Thomas | Merton's letters number in the thousands and were carefully preserved. They were directed to | Heiser, William Charles, SJ |
Theology Digest 32.4 (Winter 1985): 376. William Charles Heiser SJ
| 1985 |
| 41 | Letter of An American Monk | It is ironic that the novelist Evelyn Waugh had once advised the late Thomas Merton to quit writing | McDonnell, Thomas P. |
This World (Fall 1985): 135-138. Thomas P. McDonnell
| 1985 |
| 42 | Merton's Buddhist Christian Mirrors | "The Hidden Ground of Love" is a truly impressive work in many ways. The range of Thomas Merton's | Galvin, John |
Washington Times Magazine (3 June 1985): 8. John Galvin
| 1985 |
| 43 | Merton Studies | The corpus of literature by and about Thomas Merton continues to grow apace. Two important books | Pearson, Paul M. |
Way [London] 31.2 (April 1991): 174-176. Paul M. Pearson
| 1991 |
| 44 | Turning in On The World | Merton published so prolifically and with such candor that not even his personal and private | Hinson, E. Glenn |
Sojourners 14.11 (December 1985): 44-45. E. Glenn Hinson.
| 1985 |
| 45 | | In many ways, Thomas Merton was a peculiar monk--sworn to the strict Trappist vows of silence, | Christensen, Bryce J. |
Booklist [Chicago] 81.17 (May 1985): 1220.
| 1985 |
| 46 | Merton and Us | | Lester, Julius |
Katallagete 9.3 (Summer 1986): 7-14.
| 1986 |
| 47 | 'A Smooth and Fancy Typewriter': Letters of Thomas Merton | In 1948 Thomas Merton, in a letter to his friend Bob Lax, said: I wrote to Clare | Kinsella, Nivard |
Doctrine and Life 41.5 (May/June 1991): 250-254.
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| 48 | A man for our time | Supposing the bets could be collected, which of this century's prophets and sages would a gambler back | Harriott, John F. X. |
Tablet [London] 242.7741 (26 Nov. 1988): 1354.
| 1988 |
| 49 | Thomas Merton: Letter, Essays | Thomas Merton traveled far in the quiet confines | Reynolds, Joseph |
Sunday Telegram Worcester, MA (September 29, 1985).
| 1985. |
| CSQ | | This volume of 669 pages provides an overview of one aspect of Thomas Merton's complex | Kramer, Victor A. |
Cistercian Studies 21.4 (1986): 365-373.
| 1986 |
| JOURNAL | The Art of Serious Letters - Five Volumes of Merton's Correspondence | Thomas Merton was once advised by Evelyn Waugh, who edited The Seven | Pearson, Paul M. |
Merton Journal [UK] 2.1 (Easter 1995): 46-50.
http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/02/2-1Pearson.pdf
| 1995 |
| SEASONAL | A Testimony of Confidence and Friendship | On finishing the first volume of Thomas Merton's collected letters (three more are projected), one | Malits, Elena, CSC |
Merton Seasonal 10:3 (Summer 1985): 14-15 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-3Malits.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Confession and Catharsis | In the past year, activity surrounding Thomas Merton as a certifiable public personality has been | Cooper, David D. |
Merton Seasonal 10:3 (Summer 1985): 7-11 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-3Cooper.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Merton: Monitoring Self | Some years ago a young man who had been a semi-professional dancer and actor entered the | Kelty, Matthew, OCSO |
Merton Seasonal 10:3 (Summer 1985): 12-13 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-3Kelty.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | The Mail from Tunis, Probably | Perhaps there is just a slight misnomer in the subtitle William Shannon chose for this first | Nelson, Raymond |
Merton Seasonal 10:3 (Summer 1985): 16-19 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-3Nelson.pdf
| 1985 |