For For readers who want Merton's shorter writings on the monastic vocation in one volume; written mostly for monks.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
Essays on the monastic vocation from across his monastic life, edited by Patrick Hart.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential3 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A collection of Merton's essays and shorter pieces on the monastic life, edited by his last secretary, Brother Patrick Hart of Gethsemani, and published by Sheed, Andrews and McMeel in 1977 (185 pages; SPCK in London). It gathers writing from across his years as a monk on the meaning of the monastic vocation, with a select bibliography of his books.
