Thomas Merton

This new series examines the lives of people who have had a major impact on the history or current practice of religion. Individuals profiled include clergy of diverse faiths as well as lay people who have had a profound intellectual influence on religious and philosophical thought. As a hermit monk, it would have been likely that Thomas Merton would have lived and died relatively unknown. Because of his incredible talent for writing, though, his ideas reached huge audiences across the United States and the rest of the world, making him one of the best-known Christian theologians of the twentieth century.Crompton, Samuel Willard is the author of 'Thomas Merton', published 2004 under ISBN 9780791078624 and ISBN 0791078620.