TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The suicide of Thomas Merton: Moral narcissism, contemplative prayer, and the religion of humor
JO  - Pastoral psychology
A1  - Kramp, J.M.
SP  - 619
EP  - 635
VL  - 55
IS  - 5
N2  - In this third and final of three successive essays, the author argues that Thomas Merton suffered from narcissistic personality disorder in conjunction with his melancholic condition. The author argues that contemplative prayer disabled Merton from working through his melancholic condition. Finally, the author argues that Merton's melancholia, coupled with his heightened identity conflicts lead him to kill himself. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-2789
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11089-006-0056-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -