Thomas Petriano: The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton


"Why Worry about the birds? - The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton"
a talk about the Trappist monk by religious studies Professor Thomas Petriano,
 
Professor Petriano teaches at St. Josephs College in Patchogue.
He was recorded at Canios Books in Sag harbor in January 2019.
He was introduced by Maryann Calendrille of Canios.

Listen here


Thomas Merton’s autobiography “The Seven Story Mountain” was published by Harcourt Brace in 1948.  The title refers to the mountain of Purgatory in Dante's The Divine Comedy.


The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey; chronicles the last two years of Merton's life, during the political and social upheaval of the Vietnam War era. 

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