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Reviews of:

The Selected Essays of Thomas Merton

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01"Merton Essays: A Book that 'will change minds'."This excellent book, certainly the most valuable essays of Thomas Merto, will be readKramer, Victor A. The Georgia Bulletin: The Newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta (July 4, 2013).
https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2013/07/merton-essays-a-book-that-will-change-minds/
2013
02 Tim Matthews writes: 'One time womanizer, Young CommunistMatthews, Tim Catholic Family [online]. [Accessed 30 August, 2013]
http://www.cfnews.org.uk/CF_News_1953.htm#38
2013
03 Thomas Merton: Selected Essays belongs in any Christian spirituality collection; particularly those already familiar with Merton's writings, as well as those who want a scholarly collectionMidwest Book Review California Bookwatch 8.9 (September 2013) [online].
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/calbw/sep_13.htm#ChristianStudies
2013
04 Thomas Merton holds an unparalledGould, Elizabeth Spirit and Life Magazine (September-October 2013): 16.
2013
05 For fans of Thomas Merton who have concentrated on his major works, this volumeMercer, Calvin Catholic Books Review [online]. [Accessed February 4, 2014]
http://catholicbooksreview.org/2014/oconnell.html
2014
06 As we near the centenary of the birth of Thomas Merton in 2015, PatrickDeignan, Kathleen, CND Horizons 41.1 (June 2014): 190-192.
2014
07 About two years ago, I tried again to read Thomas Merton's The Seven StoreyWeakland, Rembert G, OSB Theological Studies 75 (2014): 439-441.
2014
08 There are many Thomas Mertons: the Trappist monk who eloquently described contemplativeRakoczy, Sue, IHM Grace and Truth 31.1 (April 2014): 64-65
2014
09 One of the great delights of reading Thomas Merton is the sheer quantityGardner, Fiona Modern Believing 55.2 (2014): 207-209.
2014
10 During his lifetime (1915-1968) Merton published around 250Cunningham, Lawrence S. American Catholic Studies 126.2 (2015): 82-84.
2015
11 The first question readers new to the work of Thomas Merton often askMcGregor, Michael Cithara 54.2 (May 2015): 55-56.
2015
12 Thomas Merton's Selected Essays is a carefully selected collection of the essays ofPearson, Paul M. Theology 118.4 (July-August 2015): 315-316.
2015.
ANNUAL For the first time this year I assigned students in my freshmen theologyPramuk, Christopher The Merton Annual 27 (2014): 215-220.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/27/PramukRevSE215-220.pdf
2014
CSQ Thomas Merton was first a monk and second a man of letters - lotsThurston, Bonnie B. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 49.2 (2014): 264-66.
2014
JOURNAL In his introduction O'Connell quotes Merton from 1961: 'People are nowEllis, Peter The Merton Journal 23.2 (Advent 2016): 41-43.
http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/23/23-2EllisRevMerton.pdf
2016.
JOURNAL One of the great delights of readingGardner, Fiona The Merton Journal 21.1 (Easter 2014): 50-52.
http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/21/21-1GardnerRevMerton.pdf
2014
SEASONALSelection of SubstancePatrick F. O'Connell, professor of English and theology at Gannon University, is well-knownGreene, Dana The Merton Seasonal 38.3 (Fall 2013): 21-23.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/38/38-3SelEssaysRev.pdf
2013