Christine Bochen is a professor of religious studies at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. Holder of a maste?s and a doctorate from the Catholic University of America, she studies and teaches Roman Catholic theology, feminist theology, American religions, and spiritualit?particularly the works of Thomas Merton. She is a founding member and past president of the International Thomas Merton Society. In addition to Essential Writings, Bochen has edited several other volumes of Merto?s writings and co-edited The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, published by Orbis Books in 2002.

The title of this lecture is, "Love and Solitude: The Journals of Thomas Merton."