# Awake and Alive: Thomas Merton According to His Novices - Hardcover

by **Jon M. Sweeney** (Author)

Collecting anecdotes from several of Thomas Merton's former novices, this book offers readers an opportunity to meet the famous monk and writer as a monastic brother, confessor, spiritual director, and friend. The title, reflects a way of being in the world, familiar to millions of readers of Merton's books. It was Merton who first made the treasures of monastic life and monastic spirituality accessible to people outside the cloister. In many respects, what he did for his students at the Abbey of Gethsemani, he did for those who read him still, hear his recorded lectures, and continue today to follow his path.

### Back Jacket

Religion / Spirituality  

Religion / Monasticism  

Religion / Ecumenism & Interfaith  

\[Orbis Logo\]  

US$22.00  

ISBN: 978-1-62698-463-9  

  

### Author Biography

**Jon M. Sweeney** is Editor at Large at Orbis Books and the author of more than forty books including The Pope Who Quit, which was optioned by HBO, The Complete Francis of Assisi, Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart (coauthored with Mark S. Burrows), and Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices, published by St. Martin's Press and Penguin Random House Audio.

**Thomas Merton** was a monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, author of a famous autobiography, _The Seven Storey Mountain_, and some of the classic works of spirituality in the twentieth century, including _New Seeds of Contemplation_ and _Zen and the Birds of Appetite_. He died an accidental death in Bangkok in December 1968 after visiting the Dalai Lama in exile in Dharamsala. His other friends included Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr.

  

**Number of Pages:** 152

**Dimensions:** 0.55 x 7.48 x 5.35 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 08, 2022

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