"Incursiones en lo indecible" es una obra profundamente comprometida y militante en lo que concierne a la crítica situación del hombre en el mundo contemporáneo. Merton lleva esta preocupación a su máxima ironía poética y a una meditación intencionadamente ácida. No nos ofrece el menor consuelo ni fáciles remedios contra la soledad y la desesperanza. Y aunque ve negros horizontes, siempre, a la postre, se alcanza a vislumbrar la verdadera esperanza cristiana. Con el fin de variar las perspectivas echa mano de la parábola, el mito, el ensayo y la meditación, la sátira, los manifiestos y hasta una adaptación de un místico árabe medieval.
Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding.
Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Merton's letters and diaries, reveal the intensity with which their author focused on social justice issues, including the civil rights movement and proliferation of nuclear arms. He had prohibited their publication for 25 years after his death. Publication raised new interest in Merton's life.
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