Merton has been called “the most influential proponent of traditional monasticism in American history” (Ursula King, Christian Mystics, p. The Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Justice carries on this philosophy. He was closely associated with the pacifist anti-Americans Daniel and Philip Berrigan and Dorothy Day. Merton was involved with the peace movement during the Vietnam War. His books have been translated into at least 29 languages. It has been continually in print since 1948. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, sold 600,000 hardbound copies in its first year and millions of copies since. Nearly 70 of his books were published during his lifetime or posthumously. Richard Foster quotes Merton at least 14 times in his popular book Celebration of Discipline. T homas Merton (1915-68), was a Roman Catholic Trappist monk whose writings are influential within Catholicism, the New Age movement, the peace movement, as well as the centering prayer movement that lies at the heart of the emerging church and that is permeating evangelicalism. This book is available from Way of Life Literature, P.O. The following is excerpted from our book Contemplative Mysticism: A Powerful Ecumenical Bond.
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