Resena: Los diarios de Thomas Merton abarcan treinta anos de su vida, desde 1939 hasta su muerte, acaecida prematuramente en 1968. Fueron publicados integramente en siete volumenes, cuya edicion corrio a cargo del hermano Patrick Hart, companero de monasterio y amigo intimo del autor, y de Jonathan Montaldo, director del Centro Thomas Merton. Ambos son responsables asimismo del presente compendio en dos volumenes. Los diarios son los ultimos escritos de Merton que han visto la luz; constituyen su testamento filosofico y moral, y nos permiten asomarnos al corazon y la mente de un hombre excepcional. Este segundo volumen corresponde a la ultima decada de su vida,1960 1968, los anos de plenitud.
Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding.
Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Merton's letters and diaries, reveal the intensity with which their author focused on social justice issues, including the civil rights movement and proliferation of nuclear arms. He had prohibited their publication for 25 years after his death. Publication raised new interest in Merton's life.
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