Raids on the Unspeakable by Merton, Thomas

Raids on the Unspeakable

Here this concern finds expression in poetic irony and in meditations intentionally dour. In these brief, challenging...
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Author: Thomas Merton
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Raids on the Unspeakable by Merton, Thomas

Raids on the Unspeakable

$40.44

Raids on the Unspeakable

$40.44
Author: Thomas Merton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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 Message written for an international congress of poets to the beautiful yet disturbing Christmas meditation, The Time of the End Is the Time of No Room. And there are essays inspired by the world of three significant contemporary writers: Flannery O'Connor, the French novelist Julien Green, and the playwright Eugene Ionesco. A number of Father Merton's own drawings are also included in the book--not as illustrations, but as signatures or: abstract writings, which stand in their own right as another personal statement.

Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/17/1966
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.00w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780811201018

About the Author
Merton, Thomas: - Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism.

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