Thomas Merton

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…showed last 75 words of 1253 total…no business in world affairs. Merton sought all information in all worldviews that interested him. That is how Merton would die, Merton died during his trip to a conference on the East-West monastic dialogue that happened on December 10, 1968. Merton was victim of an accidental electrocution. The twenty-seven years Merton spent in Gethsemane brought about profound changes in his self-understanding. He sought out knowledge from many different worldviews and would in turn help his fellow man.