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A soul-searching journey
By Matthew Ralph Forty years ago today,a celebrated writer, poet, social activist and Trappist monk was electrocuted after stepping out of a bathtub in Bangkok and touching a short-circuited electric fan. The 53-year-old resident of the Abby of Gethsemani in rural Kentucky was Thomas Merton. Best known for his autobiographical best-seller “The Seven Storey Mountain,” […]
News and Notes: Merton documentary to debut
Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk who was one of the most important spiritual voices of the 20th century, is celebrated in a new PBS documentary by filmmaker Morgan Atkinson. Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton will air on Dec. 14, 2008, a few days after the 40th anniversary of Merton’s death on Dec. 10. […]