The intimate Merton
Subtitle: his life from his journals
By: edited by Patrick Hart and Jonathan Montaldo.
Contributors: Hart, Patrick.; Montaldo, Jonathan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [San Francisco]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 -- Diaries.; Trappists -- United States -- Diaries.; Trappists -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Diaries.
Description: "In this diary-like memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, The Intimate Merton lays bare the steep ways of Thomas Merton's spiritual path. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty-nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story Merton recounted and made famous in The Seven Storey Mountain.

This book is the spiritual autobiography of our century's most celebrated monk - the wisdom gained from the personal experience of an enduring spiritual teacher. Here is Merton's account of his life's major challenges, his confrontations with monastic and church hierarchies, his interaction with religious traditions east and west, and his antiwar and civil-rights activities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.