In the School of Prophets: The Formation of Thomas Merton's Prophetic Spirituality

The distinctive prophetic quality of Thomas Merton's spirituality, shaped by figures ranging from the Hebrew prophets to Thich Nhat Hanh, emerges from this fresh examination of the works Merton read, responded to, and celebrated in his own writing. In the School of Prophets examines the final decade of Merton's life, mainly through the lens of his journals and letters, and helps to fill a gap in contemporary Merton studies. William Blake and various Latin American poets
novelists Boris Pasternak, Albert Camus, and William Faulkner
existentialists S ren Kierkegaard and Gabriel Marcel
monks of the Egyptian desert
and Bernard of Clairvaux number among those who helped shape Merton's prophetic consciousness, leading him to reexamine what it means to be both a human being and a contemplative monk of the twentieth century