The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia.The Thomas Merton Noun 1. Thomas Merton - United States religious and writer (1915-1968) Merton Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books William H. Shannon, Christine M. Bochen, and Patrick F. O'Connell Orbis Books PO Box 308, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308 1570756570 $35.00 www.orbisbooks.com Packed with 350 entries and 50 black-and-white illustrations, The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia is the cornerstone guide to the life and thought of one of modern America's leading spiritual and literary thinkers. Written by the founding president and two past presidents of the International Thomas Merton Society The International Thomas Merton Society, founded in 1987, is a learned society which studies the works of Thomas Merton. It sponsors conferences and co-publishes a journal, The Merton Seasonal. , The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia lists its entries in alphabetical order. Entries are divided into three types: book articles, referring to the more than one hundred books from Merton's typewriter typewriter, instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type. ; theme articles, which discuss key themes that surface in Merton's writing; and Persons and Places articles, which supply background information on Merton's life and references, both biographical and literary. A "must-have" companion to any serious-minded scholar of Merton's writings. John Taylor John Taylor, or Johnny Taylor may refer to: Academic figures
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