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Thomas Merton's Art of Denial: The Evolution of a Radical Humanist
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320 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1989
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August 8, 2021
This is one of the most penetrating and clearly articulated biographical sketches of Merton. I'm sorry that I've only gotten to it now! My only reservation: Cooper has a tendency to reductionism, either/or characterizations of Merton. I, and I think most scholars as well, read Merton's mature identity as equally rooted in the contemplative monastic world as well as contemporary society. Merton's turn to the world was not a turning his back on monasticism, however critical of monasticism he became. He reconceived monasticism in charismatic/prophetic terms which allowed him to develop a compassionate concern for the world which he discovered, quite exuberantly, he was inevitably a part. Merton's humanism existed because of his solitude. The humanism was new. The monastic solitude perdured throughout.
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