Often works of biography reveal more about the author than about his subject. Mark Shaw’s recent book about Thomas Merton strikes me as a case in point. Here is the review I wrote for the Winter issue of The Merton Seasonal. Jim * * * Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden [...]
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