| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | | For those with no prior knowledge of Merton and for whom Merton symbolizes the best sort of | Lichtenberg, Carol J. |
Library Journal 117.5 (15 March 1992): 93.
| 1992 |
| 02 | | The latest unnecessary biography of our century's most garrulous monk, by the Rochester priest | |
Kirkus Reviews (15 February 1992).
| 1992 |
| 03 | | The central issue William Shannon explores in his biography of Thomas Merton is, | Burton-Christie, Douglas |
Horizons 20.2 (Fall 1993): 369-370.
| 1993 |
| 04 | In Search of Thomas Merton | It is difficult to identify another twentieth-century American religious figure who has generated | Kountz, Peter J. |
Catholic Historical Review 78.4 (October 1992): 615-620.
| 1992 |
| 05 | Monk for our time | It will be 25 years this December since Thomas Merton's sudden death by electrocution while taking | Forest, James H. |
Tablet [London] 247 (13 November 1993): 1491-1492.
| 1993 |
| 06 | | Merton has become a modern guru and has generated a huge interest in his life, writings and work. | Campbell, James |
Month [London] 26 (May 1993): 198.
| 1993 |
| 07 | More holy people | His book is a nice balance of biographical information and close reading of Merton's major texts. | Cunningham, Lawrence S. |
Commonweal 120.3 (12 February 1993): 24
| 1993 |
| 08 | | This is a wonderful biography of Thomas Merton, told simply but compellingly. | Deeley, Mary |
Booklist [Chicago, IL] 88.14 (15 March 1992): 1318.
| 1992 |
| 09 | The sin of the world | Once the monastic life was a penance; today, it looks like running away from the world's troubles. | |
Economist 323.7775 (18 April 1992): 91-92.
| 1992 |
| 10 | | William Shannon, a priest of the diocese of Rochester, was the first president of the International | Heiser, William Charles, SJ |
Theology Digest 39.4 (Winter 1992): 384.
| 1992 |
| 11 | | In Silent Lamp: The Thomas Merton Story, Msgr. William H. Shannon, first president of the | Samway, Patrick H., SJ |
America 166.10 (28 Maarch 1992): 255.
| 1992 |
| 12 | | First, a brief chronology. Tom Merton was born in 1915 in the south | Brady, Ray |
The Furrow 44.5 (May 1993): 324-25.
| 1993 |
| 13 | Bogaty Mlodzieniec I Jego Zeszyty | Pisana w latach II wojny swiatowej autobiografia Tomasza Mertona, | Chmielewski, Wojciech |
W Drodze 5.369 (2004): 76-81.
| 2004 |
| 14 | Znak Mertona | Legenda bohatera tej ksiazki poteznieje, choc od jego | Maslon, Krzysztof |
Plus Minus/Rzeczpospolita (11-12 January 2002): A12.
| 2002 |
| 15 | Book offers good introduction to Merton | Silent Lamp's author needs no introduction to Catholic Courier readers. | Bochen, Christine M. |
Catholic Courier [Rochester, NY] (9 July 1992): 7.
| 1992 |
| 16 | 'Silent Lamp' gives fresh look at Merton | Every time I see that another book has been written about Thomas Merton, I wonder why. | Olszewski, Brian T. |
Catholic Transcript (3 July 1992): 20.
| 1992 |
| 17 | Mapping the Inner Journey | As general editor of Thomas Merton's collected letters, William Shannon is in an | Grayston, Donald |
Christian Spirituality Bulletin 1.2 (Fall 1993): 30.
| 1993 |
| 18 | | Silent Lamp is the name given to Merton by the Chinese scholar John C. H. Wu. | Williams, Joan, OCD |
Living Prayer 25.6 (November-December 1992): 32.
| 1992 |
| 19 | | Thomas Merton, writer, monk, man of faith, stood out from his contemporaries over a period of twenty | Brady, Ray |
Furrow [Ireland] 44.5 (May 1993): 325-326.
| 1993 |
| 20 | Silent Lamp: The Thomas Merton Story | This book seems to me a real gem. | Goodwin-O'Neal, Beth |
Eremos [Australia] (November 1994): 28-33.
| 1994 |
| 21 | | The Thomas Merton story has been told, recast, and retold numerous times -- | Del Prete, Thomas |
New Oxford Review 59 (November 1992): 28-30.
| 1992 |
| 22 | A guide in the search for God | Yes, there is another Thomas Merton book out, and yes, we | Supik, Wilma |
Record [Hackensack, NJ] (24 April 1992): 5.
| 1992 |
| 23 | Merton: 'Universal Person' Who Spoke to a Common Humanity | ANOTHER BIOGRAPHY of Thomas Merton? Why, you may ask, is | Finley, Mitch |
St. Anthony Messenger 100 (May 1992): 50.
| 1992 |
| 24 | | In what he calls a "reflective biography," Shannon, a priest and Merton scholar, focuses on significant | Stuttaford, Genevieve |
Publishers Weekly (10 February 1992): 68.
| 1992. |
| 25 | Thomas Merton: A Model For Our Times | William Shannon, the undisputed dean of Thomas Merton scholars, | Weber, Richard [Columban], OCSO |
Courier Journal (April 18, 1992).
| 1992. |
| 26 | | It is twenty-five years since Merton's death and, as A. M. Allchin says in a Foreword | Haggart, Alastair |
Theology 97.775 (1994): 68-69.
| 1994. |
| ANNUAL | | William H. Shannon calls Thomas Merton "easily the most important and influential writer on the | Kline, Francis, OCSO |
Merton Annual 6: 208- 214 [online].
http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/06/KlineRevShannon208-214.pdf
| 1993 |
| CSQ | Trappistiana | Readers of Cistercian Studies Quarterly are already familiar with Monsignor William Shannon's | Hart, Patrick, OCSO |
Cistercian Studies 28.1 (1993): 35-36.
| 1993 |
| SEASONAL | Reflecting the Light | If only Robert Daggy, before sending me a review copy of William H. Shannon's Silent Lamp: The | Montaldo, Jonathan |
Merton Seasonal 17:3 (Summer 1992): 10-14.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/17/17-3MontaldoRevShannon.pdf
| 1992 |
| SEASONAL | Lighting the Way | This is a book that equals and even surpasses the glowing comments on its jacket by Merton friends | Carr, Anne E. |
Merton Seasonal 17:3 (Summer 1992): 8-10.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/17/17-3CarrRevShannon.pdf
| 1992 |