Christine M. Bochen is a professor of religious studies at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. A founding member and past president of the International Thomas Merton Society, Bochen edited The Courage for Truth, a volume of Thomas Merton's letters to writers; Learning to Love, the sixth volume of Merton's journals; and Thomas Merton: Essential Writings, an anthology of this writings published in the Modern Spiritual Masters Series. With William H. Shannon and Patrick F. O'Connell, she coauthored The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia.
