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This collection of his prose writings reveals the extent to which Thomas Merton moved from the other-worldly devotion of his earlier work to a direct, deeply engaged, often militant concern with the critical situation of man in the world.Here this concern finds expression in poetic irony and in meditations intentionally dour. In these brief, challenging pieces, Father Merton does not offer consolation or easy remedies. He looks candidly and without illusions at the world of his time. Though he sees dark horizons, his ultimate answer is one of Christian hope. To vary the perspective, he writes in many forms, using parable and myth, the essay and the meditation, satire and manifesto, prose poetry and even adaptations from a medieval Arab mystic (Ibn Abbad) to humanize and dramatic his philosophical themes. The themes of __Raids on the Unspeakable__ are as old as the myths of Prometheus and Atlas, and as timely as the human evils of today. They range from the...

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Author

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968

Publisher

(New York) New Directions

Published

1966

Language

EN

ISBN

9780860120469

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Religion, Music

Rating

4.23 / 5 (129 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14