2006-10-02 14:37:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One contribution might be the unique counter-cultural position he occupied as a Trappist monk living quite publicly in post-religious, post-Christian American. He had the ability to critique religion and highlight its limitations, failures and short-comings while at the same time living a life of piety and faithfulness. One writer wrote that Merton " lived monasticism both as a rebellion against and an offering to the modern world he left behind."
2006-10-02 15:38:55 · answer #1 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Seven Story Mountain.
Wonderful Novel of Life.
2006-10-02 21:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Lives7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read his writings.
He was a true mystic.
He was as close to God as one can get and still be breathing.
Love and blessings don
2006-10-02 21:40:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋