Thomas Merton: Poet, Prophet, Priest
(Great Achievers, nonfiction series)
written by Jennifer Fisher Bryant
William B. Eerdmans, 1997
ISBN 978-0802851093 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0802851406 (paperback)

This fascinating biography chronicles the life of Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk who became one of America’s most compelling spiritual figures. He was a prolific writer whowas committed to the Civil Rights and Peace Movements of the 1950s and 1960s, with a passion for bridging the differences between the great religions of the East and West, an unlikely ath for a priest who pledged himself to a life of silence and prayer.