Merton: A Film Biography
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.
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Alexander Scourby
Gregory Abels
John Barber
Jim Forest
Robert Lax
John Eudes Bamberger
Flavian Burns
Robert Giroux
Naomi Burton Stone
James Laughlin
Jean Jadot
Ernesto Cardenal
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
W. H. Ferry
Mary Luke Tobin
Joan Baez
Maurice Flood
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Rembert Weakland
Jean Leclercq
Tenzin Gyatso
