Article
Review of The Rule of Saint Benedict by Thomas Merton
Catholic Books Review
(2009)
Abstract
Thomas Merton was many things to many people – poet, political activist, spiritual writer, pioneer in inter-religious dialogue. At the core, however, he was defined by his vocation as a Trappist monk living in Gethsemani monastery in Kentucky. As part of this vocation, he spent time serving as novice master, instructing the young monks in the ways of Trappist life and the Rule of Saint Benedict which they followed. The present volume, the fourth Merton installment in Cistercian’s Monastic Wisdom Series, presents his novice conferences on the Rule, given during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, culled from the notes Merton used to give them.
Keywords
- Trappist monks,
- Monastaries,
- religious instruction
Publication Date
August, 2009
Citation Information
Rober, D. (2009, August). Review of The Rule of Saint Benedict by Thomas Merton [Review of the book The Rule of Saint Benedict]. Catholic Books Review. Retrieved from http://catholicbooksreview.org/2009.htm