Raids on the Unspeakable
- ISBN-10
- 0811201015
- ISBN-13
- 9780811201018
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1966
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing
- Author
- Thomas Merton
Description
Essays, meditations, parables, and verse offer insights into the absurdities and disorders of the modern world, the human crisis, and the benefits of Christian hope
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