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Surprised By Similarity: C.S. Lewis And Thomas Merton On The Self, John M. Gillespie Feb 2024

Surprised By Similarity: C.S. Lewis And Thomas Merton On The Self, John M. Gillespie

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Although they never corresponded, and they never met, the Anglican professor C.S. Lewis and the Trappist monk Thomas Merton nevertheless wrote in strikingly similar terms of the “true self,” or a person redeemed by Christ, and a “false self,” the rebellious person one believes themselves to be, but is not. There is very little academic work on the confluence of Lewis and Merton, and none thus far that specifically addresses their shared concept of the self. The aim of this paper is to address this gap in scholarship and, through an intertextual investigation of each man’s major works, fill it. …

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"For Me Nothing Has Ever Been The Same": Composing The Niles-Merton Songs, 1967-1970, Kerstin P. Warner Jul 1987

"For Me Nothing Has Ever Been The Same": Composing The Niles-Merton Songs, 1967-1970, Kerstin P. Warner

The Kentucky Review

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Robert Giroux Speaks About Thomas Merton: An Interview From The Thomas Merton Oral History, Victor A. Kramer Jul 1987

Robert Giroux Speaks About Thomas Merton: An Interview From The Thomas Merton Oral History, Victor A. Kramer

The Kentucky Review

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Merton And Kentucky: Call For Remembrances, Victor A. Kramer Jul 1987

Merton And Kentucky: Call For Remembrances, Victor A. Kramer

The Kentucky Review

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Birthday Theology: A Reflection On Thomas Merton And The Bermuda Menage, Robert E. Daggy Jul 1987

Birthday Theology: A Reflection On Thomas Merton And The Bermuda Menage, Robert E. Daggy

The Kentucky Review

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Merton's "Zen Camera" And Contemplative Photography, Christopher Meatyard Jul 1987

Merton's "Zen Camera" And Contemplative Photography, Christopher Meatyard

The Kentucky Review

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Victor Hammer And Thomas Merton: A Friendship Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam, David D. Cooper Jul 1987

Victor Hammer And Thomas Merton: A Friendship Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam, David D. Cooper

The Kentucky Review

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"The Paradise Ear": Thomas Merton, Poet, George Kilcourse Jul 1987

"The Paradise Ear": Thomas Merton, Poet, George Kilcourse

The Kentucky Review

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