Thomas Merton bibliography

Below is a bibliography of published works written by Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk of The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani. Several of the works listed here have been published posthumously. The works are listed under each category by date of publication.

Thomas Merton's hermitage (interior) at the Abbey of Gethsemani

Autobiographies
  • The Seven Storey Mountain. Harcourt Brace. 1948. OCLC 385657.
  • The Sign of Jonas. Harcourt Brace. 1953. OCLC 386887.
  • Day of a Stranger. Peregrine Smith. 1981. ISBN 0-87905-092-6.

Biblical topics

Biographies

Contemplation and meditations

Eastern thought

Journal writings

Letters
  • Papagni, Mario (2006). The Cold War Letters of Thomas Merton. M.A. Thesis: Spring Hill College. OCLC 51181592.
  • Merton, Thomas (2008). William H. Shannon; Christine M. Bochen (eds.). Thomas Merton: A Life In Letters. Harperone. ISBN 0-06-134832-5. OCLC 276930483.
  • Merton, Thomas (2010). William H. Shannon; Christine M. Bochen (eds.). Thomas Merton: A Life In Letters. Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press. ISBN 978-1-59471-256-2.

Monastic, church and spiritual life

Novels

Other
  • The Behavior of Titans. New Directions. 1961. OCLC 1086883.
  • Merton, Thomas (1976). Ishi means man. Unicorn keepsake series. 8. foreword by Dorothy Day, woodblock by Rita Corbin. Greensboro, N. C.: Unicorn Press. ISBN 0-87775-100-5.
  • Merton, Thomas; Hart, Patrick (1981). The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton. New Directions.
  • Merton, Thomas (1992). Thomas Merton: Spiritual Master. edited by Laurence S. Cunningham. Paulist Press.

Poetry

Social issues
  • Seeds of Destruction. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1964. OCLC 306973.
  • Gandhi on Non-Violence. New Directions. 1965. OCLC 60860722.
  • Faith and Violence. University of Notre Dame Press. 1968. OCLC 327320.
  • The Non-Violent Alternative. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1980. OCLC 174711710. (Revised ed. of Thomas Merton On Peace. The McCall Publishing Company. 1971.)
  • The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters on Religious Experience and Social Concerns (Letters, 1). 1985.
  • Opening the Bible. 1986.
  • A Vow of Conversation: Journals 1964–1965. 1988.
  • Thomas Merton in Alaska: The Alaskan Conferences, Journals and Letters. 1988.
  • The Road to Joy: Letter to New and Old Friends (Letters, II). 1989.
  • The School of Charity: Letters on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction (Letters, III). 1990.
  • The Courage for Truth: Letters to Writers (Letters, IV). 1993.
  • Witness to Freedom: Letters in Times of Crisis (Letters, V). 1994.
  • Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation (Journals, I: 1939–1941). 1995.
  • Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer (Journals, II: 1941–1952). 1996.
  • A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life (Journals, III: 1952–1960). 1996.
  • Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years (Journals, IV: 1960–1963). 1996.
  • Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage (Journals, V: 1963- 1965). 1997.
  • Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom (Journals VI: 1966–1967). 1997.
  • The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey (Journals VII: 1967–1968. 1998.
  • The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals. 1999.
  • Dialogues with Silence. 2001.
  • Love and Living. Harcourt Trade Publishers. 2002. ISBN 0-15-602799-2.
  • The Inner Experience. 2003.
  • Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers. 2003.
  • Peace in a Post-Christian Era. 2004.

See also

References
  • Breit, Marquita E.; Robert E. Daggy (1986). Thomas Merton: A Comprehensive Bibliography.
  • Breit, Marquita E.; Patricia A. Burton; Paul M. Pearson (2002). ‘About Merton’: Secondary Sources 1945-2000: A Bibliographic Workbook.
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