Thomas Merton Reflection Thomas Merton,Trappist monk, writer, poet, social activist and mystic died on December 10, 1968. Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews, including his best-selling autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain (1948). Merton was a proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with…
