| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | Sowing Thorns in the flesh | If an American knows the name of only one living monk, the chances are good that the name will be | Marty, Martin E. |
Book Week 2 (17 January 1965):4. Martin E. Marty
| 1965 |
| 02 | Few Appear to Care for HUMAN Liberty | Do most 20th century Americans care anything about human liberty and the human person? No, says | Bubel, Katharine. |
Chronicle Houston, TX (7 February 1965)
| 1965 |
| 03 | Thomas merton Essays | Thomas Merton, the hard-living young poet who, in the 1940's, turned his back on the world to become | Habich, William |
Courier Journal [Louisville, KY] (31 January 1965): 7. William Habich
| 1965 |
| 04 | Postmarked Gethsemani | the Two principal ingredients in Thomas Merton's latest effort are the race issue and the war-peace | Brock, Terry F. |
Critic 23 (February-March 1965): 87. Terry F. Brock
| 1965 |
| 05 | From Contemplation to Concern | If any modern day mystic's name survives this century, it will be the Trappist monk Thomas Merton. | Albright, William E., Jr. |
Gazette Charleston WV (10 January 1965). William E. Albright Jr.
| 1965 |
| 06 | Merton Savage on Racism | Out of the silent solitude of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky cries the unmistakable voice of | Tehan, Arline Boucher |
Hartford Times (2 January 1965). Arline Boucher Tehan
| 1965 |
| 07 | Plea for Negro Rights | Thomas Merton--Father Louis of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance--has written "Seeds | |
New York Times (6 November 1954).
| 1954 |
| 08 | thomas Merton Finds Seeds of Destruction | The title of the prolific Father Merton's latest book suggests one of his earlier books, "Seeds of | Quinn, Mary Ditlinger |
News Sentinel Fort Wayne, In (2 January 1965). Mary Ditlinger Quinn. 2 copies
| 1965 |
| 09 | Solution Is Brotherhood | In the latest of his many books, Thomas Merton turns the rolling thunder of his majestic prose to | |
Register Des Moines, IA (10 January 1965).
| 1965 |
| 10 | Seeds of destruction | Thomas Merton's latest books is an attempt to penetrate and respond to those challenges to modern | Quitslund, Sonya |
Sign 44 (March 1965): 69-70. Sonya Quitslund
| 1965 |
| 11 | Also Current | Thomas Merton, the complete bohemian who became a Trappist monk at 26, has carried on an astringent | |
Time Magazine 85 (5 February 1965): 116. 2 copies, one on original wax paper
| 1965 |
| 12 | 'The Intellectual Love of God' Pictured With Literary Artistry | For many years Thomas Merton has been a Trappist monk at Kentucky Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane. | Cowan, T.B. |
Times Chattanooga, TN (14 February 1965). T.B. Cowan
| 1965 |
| 13 | Thomas Merton: Seeds of Destruction | One of his best.... It is remarkable and emblematic that a monk who left Manhattan 25 years ago for | |
Book blurb from dust jacket
| no-year |
| 14 | Seeds of destruction | Written by a member of the Trappist Abbey in Gethsemani, Kentucky, this book is a "tract for the | Barrette, H.H. |
Review and Expositor [Louisville] 64 (Summer 1967): 402-403. H.H. Barrette
| 1967 |
| 15 | Monastic Life and the Secular City | Since the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries have been periodically under attack--first by the | Landess, Thomas |
Sewanee Review 77.3 (summer 1969): 530-535. Thomas Landess
| 1969 |
| 16 | Seeds of destruction | In this, his 26th book, the famed Trappist monk gives merited attention to theologian Karl Rahner | Greene, Thomas F. |
America 112 (16 January 1965): 83-84. Thomas F. Greene
| 1965 |
| 17 | Merton, Thomas | If a reviewer were not awed by the scholarly Fr. Thomas Merton, he might say that this is a book | Dooley, Eugene A. |
Best Sellers 24 (15 January 1965): 405-406. Eugene A. Dooley
| 1965 |
| 18 | Merton's 'Seeds of Destruction' | A monk is a man who is not of the world, a man set apart. Yet this separation from the world enables | Nelson, Marianne |
Catholic Messenger (4 March 1965): 13. Marianne Nelson
| 1965 |
| 19 | Detached Invovement with Life | From his monastery in Gethsemane, Ky., Thomas Merton sees the world today from a somewhat unusual | Casey, Genevieve |
Chicago Tribune (7 March 1965). Genevieve Casey
| 1965 |
| 20 | Unworldly Wisdom | Thomas Merton has always occupied a special place in the American Catholic Church, though for | Callahan, Daniel J. |
Commentary (April 1965): 90-94. Daniel J. Callahan
| 1965 |
| 21 | Seeds of destruction | The longer Father Merton lives in cloister and silence, the louder his voice seems to become. His | Horchler, Richard |
Commonweal 81 (12 March 1965): 766. Richard Horchler
| 1965 |
| 22 | Merton's Words of Challenge | Thomas Merton is one of the authentic Christian voices in our time, and we can be grateful that his | Laird, James H. |
Detroit Free Press (3 January 1965): 6. James H. Laird
| 1965 |
| 23 | Merton, Thomas | Father Merton's many writings have given him a high reputation as a religious leader and social | Christ, John M. |
Library Journal 89 (1 June 1965): 2350. John M. Christ
| 1965 |
| 24 | A Moral Stance on the Issues | I think it a curious commentary on us that the magnificent and challenging works of Thomas Merton | Kirsch, Robert |
Los Angeles Times Book Review (19 February 1965): 6. Robert Kirsch
| 1965 |
| 25 | Merton Denounces Modern Ethics | Thomas Merton's latest literary offering, "Seeds of Destruction," is a thundering denouncement of | Perley, Marie E. |
Louisville Times (8 January 1965): Book Scene. Marie E. Perley
| 1965 |
| 26 | The Strategy is Love | Thomas Merton's twenty-sixth book, and one of his best, records his reflections on some pressing | Sweeney, Francis |
New York Times Book Review (14 February 1965): 14. Francis Sweeney
| 1965 |
| 27 | Fiery Words on Race from a Monk | Of all the words that have been written on the subject of race relations, these in this new book by | Pasley, Virginia |
Newsday (2 January 1965): 16w. Virginia Pasley
| 1965 |
| 28 | Uneven and Obvious | I dissent! It seems certain that Father Merton will receive nothing but praise from reviewers and | Alexander, Michael |
Chicago Daily News (2 January 1965): 6. Michael Alexander
| 1965 |
| 29 | Quiet Mind in an Uneasy Age | Thomas Merton's newest book, Seeds of Destruction, is a disappointing work, a condition for which | Pratt, John M. |
Saturday Review 28 (6 February 1965): 39. John M. Pratt
| 1965 |
| 30 | Letters to a Conscience | Thomas Merton's sixteenth book, "Seeds of Destruction" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $4.95), addresses | Wells, Joel |
U.S. Catholic 30 (February 1965): 65-66. Joel Wells
| 1965 |
| 31 | the "white liberal" myth | Ponder on God's patience, good Christians, says Merton, on the immense patience with which His power | Jessey, Cornelia |
Way [San Francisco] 21 (May 1965): 17-22. Cornelia Jessey
| 1965 |
| 32 | | Since we have become accustomed to Merton writing about the interior life, this book may come as | Ambrose, Angela |
Ave Maria 101 (17 April 1965): 26.
| 1965 |
| 33 | | A collection of essays and letters written by the famous Trappist monk who, from the Abbey of | Fleischer, Leonore |
Publishers Weekly 191 (30 January 1967): 114.
| 1967 |
| 34 | | This is Merton's 26th book. His Seeds of Contemplation (1949) are now seeds of world destruction | |
Choice 2 (June 1965): 238.
| 1965 |
| 35 | | The varying attitudes Catholics take to race and moral problems are held up to view. The author | |
Catholic Library World 36 (March 19465: 469.
| 1965 |
| 36 | Elected Speech | Sixteen years have passed since Elected Silence cast its sudden light on the drab landscape | Evans, Illtud OP |
Tablet [London] 220 (12 November 1966): 1269-170.
| 1966 |
| 37 | | This book, whose title rather ironically recalls his earlier work, Seeds of Contemplation, is an attempt on the part | Griffiths, Bede |
Pax Bulletin [London] 97 (May 1965): 6.
| 1965 |
| 38 | Realistic and Radical | Thomas Merton's new book is ominously entitled | Kennedy, John S. |
| 1965? |
| 39 | Theme of Our Time… An Argry Warning | The great Trappist mystic-poet-philosopher | Buckley, Anne |
The Advocate
| no-year |
| 40 | Why Monasticism? Trappist Tells Us | Depending upon whether we view history in terms | Cunningham, William |
| no-year |