Thomas Merton: A Spiritual Guide for the Twenty-First Century

What attracts you to Thomas Merton? Why does this monk continue to inspire millions, across faiths? How does Merton speak to you and your spiritual journey?

In this insightful course, you will explore Merton’s remarkable life, powerful writing, and deep spiritual wisdom. And if you’re like some of us, you will find in Merton a lifelong friend and mentor.

Through these 12 presentations, you will have the opportunity to get to know Thomas Merton and actively develop a relationship with him.

Thomas Merton struggled with questions about God’s existence, moral values and the place of organized religion in his early years. His path to conversion was complex and bumpy. There are many tools that Merton used to aid his spiritual growth, such as journaling, poetry, letter writing, photography, and art. As you study Merton in this course, you will be invited to move out of your head through the use of some of these same tools to enter more deeply into your own experience with the mystery of God. The free study guide accompanying this course is designed to help you through this experience.

Let Merton challenge and inspire you. A man who struggled, stumbled, and questioned up to the very end of his life, Merton’s experience and writings as presented in this course will help you on your spiritual journey. You will not be disappointed.

***Photograph of Thomas Merton by John Howard Griffin. Used with the permission of the Merton Legacy Trust and the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.

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Your Free Electronic Study Guide! When you order this course, we will send you a free electronic study guide that you can access in 3 convenient ways:

1) You can check your order confirmation email. It will include a link that enables you to download your guide.
2) The back of your program package also contains a copy of this link. You can access your guide by simply entering this URL into your browser.
3) Your case of CDs or DVDs will contain a copy of your electronic guide on CD. Simply insert this disc into your computer’s CD/DVD drive to access your guide.