Thoughts in solitudine
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was an American Trappist monk, theologian, writer, mystic, activist and specialist in comparative religion. In 1949 he was ordained as a priest, receiving the name "Father Louis...
MERTON, Thomas
The Seven Storey Mountain
After a wandering childhood and a wild youth, Merton began to feel drawn to the Catholic faith. His deepening knowledge of the religion led him to convert to Catholicism and eventually enter the Trappist...