The Wounded Heart of Thomas Merton

by Robert G. Waldron

Book Overview

Robert Waldron's brief biography of Thomas Merton examines and exposes a man who lived a deeply spiritual life, yes, but also a deeply conflicted one as well. By the use of Jungian psychoanalysis and archetypes, Waldron reads all of the major Merton works (e.g., Seven Storey Mountain, The Sign of Jonas, The Collected Poems, Zen and the Birds of Appetite) but especially all of the many volumes of Merton's private diaries, and discovers a man, a soul...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809146843
• ISBN13: 9780809146840
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"