The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton

Nature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in the hermitage at Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he contemplated and wrote about the beauty of his surroundings. Throughout his life, Merton's study of the natural world shaped his spirituality in profound ways, and he was one of the first writers to raise concern about ecological issues that have become critical in recent

Author: Monica Weis
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/24/2011
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.37w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780813130040

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 07/26/2011 pg. 39
Choice 12/01/2011

About the Author

Monica Weis, a Sister of St. Joseph, is professor of English at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She is the author of Thomas Merton's Gethsemani: Landscapes of Paradise, a nonfiction finalist in the 2005 Kentucky Literary Awards. She lives in Rochester, New York.

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