Merton learned bitter lessons about those with loud, passionate voices professing solutions with no foundation other than their own “strange, stubborn prejudices.”
Reading Merton was a factor in turning my late father-in-law from atheism to Christianity during the hippie movement. At the time he was a conscientious objector and was drawn to read Merton due to his pacifist position.
Reading Merton was a factor in turning my late father-in-law from atheism to Christianity during the hippie movement. At the time he was a conscientious objector and was drawn to read Merton due to his pacifist position.