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Three American Sophomores: The Restlessness of Thomas Merton, J. D. Salinger, and Jack Kerouac
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=3480
This article by Eric J. Scheske argues that Merton, Salinger, and Kerouac helped shape the youth movements of the 1960s and that they ended up contributing to the unrest of that era. [Touchstone Magazine]
Thomas Merton: Man of Many Journeys
http://www.spiritualitytoday.org/spir2day/894123mates.html
This essay by Sister Marie de Lourdes discusses Thomas Merton's inner and outer journeys that led from a youthful attempt to escape the world via the dark night of divine unknowing to a mature effort to fathom God's presence at both the world's heart and its periphery. [Spirituality Today 41.2]
Thomas Merton: Celebrity Monk
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/enc/stories/s322192.htm
Transcript of a radio broadcast in which John Russell examines Thomas Merton's life and work. Lawrence Cunningham and Monica Furlong, two of Merton's biographers, and Father Michael Casey, an Australian Trappist monk, are interviewed. Includes rare archival material of Merton speaking only hours before he died in Bangkok in 1968. [Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation]
Thomas Merton's Marian Poetry
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/merton.html
A collection of poems honoring the Virgin Mary written by Thomas Merton. Includes a page of photos of Merton.
Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland
http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/
Founded to promote interest in and study of Thomas Merton and his concerns throughout the British Isles.
Thomas Merton Monk and Poet
http://edge.net/~dphillip/Merton.html
Web site dedicated to Thomas Merton and includes Merton retreats, journals, and links.
Thomas Merton Center
The Thomas Merton Center is the official repository of Merton's artistic estate which includes over twelve hundred photographs and eight hundred drawings in addition to his writing. The Center archives over forty-five thousand Merton-related materials.
Thomas Merton Archives at St. Bonaventure University
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/mertonweb/index.html
The Merton Archives at St. Bonaventure University is one of the most important repositories of Merton materials worldwide. Its holdings include manuscripts and typescripts of his earliest journals, along with drafts of books and articles, letters, association copies of printed materials and other special items.
Thomas Merton - Resources for Catholic Educators
http://www.silk.net/RelEd/merton.htm
Links to web pages and other resources on Thomas Merton.
The Thomas Merton Connection
http://www.hundredmountain.com/Pages/pageone_stuff/mertonpages_fall00/merton_fall00.html
Article by Alan Altany asks what Merton was seeking in his exploration of Buddhism. [Hundred Mountain]
The Thomas Merton - Edward Rice Correspondence
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/cl197.htm
This Georgetown University collection contains thirteen letters of the correspondence between the Trappist monk Thomas Merton and the writer, artist, and photographer Edward Rice, written between the years 1959-1967.
The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living
http://www.mertoninstitute.org/
The Merton Institute aims to awaken interest in contemplative living through the works of Thomas Merton to promote Merton's vision for a just and peaceful world. Information about Thomas Merton, calendar of events, retreats, programs, conferences, publications.
Monastic Liberation as Counter-Cultural Critique in the Life and Thought of Thomas Merton
http://www.crosscurrents.org/magid.htm
Article by Shaul Magid, professor of Jewish philosophy, who is interested in Merton's piety. [Cross Currents]
International Thomas Merton Society
http://www.merton.org/ITMS/index.asp
Promotes an understanding and appreciation of the character of Thomas Merton and encourages study and research that will help to make better known the unique contribution he has made to the literature of spirituality.
Finding Aid for the Thomas Merton Papers at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/rbml/Merton/
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, art work, audio cassette, printed materials by and about Thomas Merton.