Thomas MertonSelected and introduced by a leading scholar, here are key writings of one of the 20th century's most admired spiritual writers, Trappist monk Thomas Merton. Merton's work reflects a living encounter with the tradition of Christian wisdom as well engagement with the burning questions of our world: peace, monasticism, spiritual wisdom, and the quest for meaning in the face of absurdity. Editor Christine M. Bochen is professor of religious studies at

Franciscan School of Theology

His cooperative farm was repeatedly attacked by the KKK and subject to a total economic boycott

Serving as a handbook for a culturally sensitive ministry and witness

University of Waterloo (Canada)

completely updating it in light of contemporary anthropological and missiological thought and in face of current world conditions

of true happiness lived in poverty

to all forms of missionary activity in the church

Andrew's parish in Newtown

the christology of the New Testament

He is author Black Theology USA and South Africa and co-author of Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the Slave Narratives

He is famous for his compassionate service and his "Reverence for Life

and The God of Life