2006-10-01 14:48:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is so much wisdom in his many books and writings that it is hard to distill it down to a simple answer. To me, perhaps his greatest legacies are:
1. his work towards interfaith dialog
2. his ability, through his writings, to bring a wide audience of readers into the monastic life--to help readers see that contemplation, spirituality, worship can all combine with daily work--that we are capable of encountering the holy in our ordinary lives and we can even seek it out.
2006-10-01 14:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 РDecember 10, 1968) was an American Trappist priest/monk and writer. He was born in Prades in the Pyr̩n̩es-Orientales d̩partement of France. Merton wrote more than 50 books, 2000 poems, and scores of essays, reviews, book introductions, and lectures.
2006-10-01 21:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All his life in the monastery, Merton had been dogged by stories that he had abandoned his vocation or run off with some woman.
2006-10-01 21:53:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well as i have never heard of him before this posting i would have to say not a big one.
2006-10-01 21:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by kel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋