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Richard Rohr reflects on Thomas Merton’s death

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Tomorrow, December 10, marks 50 years since the death of Thomas Merton in 1968. Speaking with Richard Rohr about the impact of Merton’s death brought an interesting reaction. Merton described ’68 as a beast of a year. Rohr obviously agrees. The momentous events of 1968
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Thomas Merton’s writing as seen by Richard Rohr

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Thomas Merton is regarded as one of the great spiritual writers of the 20th century. When interviewing Richard Rohr, one of great spiritual writers of the 20th & 21st centuries, I had to ask his thoughts on Merton as a writer. He is predictably modest
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Thomas Merton, Richard Rohr and the East

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Since Thomas Merton died in 1968 much has been made in some quarters of his “flirtation with Eastern thought”. Thankfully we in the West have grown up a little bit since that time. Many are not as threatened by Eastern spiritual traditions. While making  The
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Thomas Merton and Richard Rohr

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Nearing the 50th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s death I think back to an interview Richard Rohr kindly consented to while I was making “The Many Storeys and Last Days of Thomas Merton”. Rohr, the esteemed Franciscan writer and spiritual thinker, offers great insights into Merton’s
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