Editing Thomas Merton (section)

==In popular culture==
Merton's life was the subject of ''The Glory of the World'', a play by [[Charles L. Mee]]. [[Roy Cockrum]], a former monk who won the Powerball lottery in 2014, helped finance the production of the play in New York. Prior to New York the play was being shown in Louisville, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2016/01/16/463081186/glory-of-the-world-is-more-wacky-birthday-party-than-traditional-play | title='Glory Of The World' Is More Wacky Birthday Party Than Traditional Play | publisher=[[NPR]].org | date=January 16, 2016 | author=Lunden, Jeff | access-date=April 4, 2018 | archive-date=November 16, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116072030/https://www.npr.org/2016/01/16/463081186/glory-of-the-world-is-more-wacky-birthday-party-than-traditional-play | url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2017 movie ''[[First Reformed]]'', written and directed by [[Paul Schrader]], [[Ethan Hawke]]'s character (a middle-aged [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestant]] minister) is influenced by Merton's work.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/first-reformed-paul-schrader-ethan-hawke/Content?oid=48718475|title=Paul Schrader's First Reformed finds pride at the root of despair|last=Jones|first=J.R.|work=Chicago Reader|access-date=June 12, 2018|language=en|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142518/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/first-reformed-paul-schrader-ethan-hawke/Content?oid=48718475|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thomas Merton is portrayed briefly by [[Adam Kilgour]] as a character in the 1994 movie ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''.

Starting in the early 1990s The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland explores the life & writings of Thomas Merton and his shaping on the modern world, with conferences, retreats and the publication of the Merton Journal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2023 |title=The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland |url=https://www.thomasmertonsociety.org.uk/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=The Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain & Ireland |language=en-GB |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107100628/https://www.thomasmertonsociety.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>