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Reviews of:

A Course in Desert Spirituality: Fifteen Sessions with the Famous Trappist Monk

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01 This has been a difficult review to ponder, then write. DuringVivian, Tim American Benedictine Review 70.2 (June 2019): 224-226.
2019
02 Jon Sweeney renders readers fifteen of Thomas Merton's lectures to youngMarko, Robert P. Catholic Books Review [online: accessed 31 January 2020].
http://catholicbooksreview.org/2020/merton.html
2020
03 A Course in Desert Spirituality isLinner, Rachelle Catholic Library World 90.3 (March 2020): 203.
2020
04 As with A Course in Christian Mysticism (Liturgical Press, 2017), Thomas Merton’s A Course in Desert Spirituality is based on a heavily edited compilationCrace, Benjamin D. Reading Religion (April 27, 2020).
https://readingreligion.org/books/course-desert-spirituality
2020
05 This volume consists of 15 lectures given by Thomas Merton to the novices of Gethsemani AbbeyBrumwell, Anselm The Downside Review 139.2 (2020): 156-157.
2020
ANNUAL A Course in Desert Spirituality represents both Thomas Merton’s legacyBelcastro, David J. The Merton Annual 33 (2020): 255-258.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/33/BelcastroRevMerton255-258.pdf
2020
CSQ While many have profited from Thomas Merton's writing on contemplativePlekon, Michael Cistercian Studies Quarterly 54.4 (2019): 463-464.
2019
SEASONALA Refreshing DesertWhat better time to read Thomas Merton’s newly available book on desert spirituality thanDeignan, Kathleen, C.N.D. The Merton Seasonal 45.2 (Summer 2020): 25-27.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/45/45-2DeignanRevMerton.pdf
2020