George Kilcourse

Merton's quest for his own identity was rooted in his kenotic Christology and contributed to his ability to lead readers to find their own identity. Kilcourse develops this thesis from an examination of Merton's poetry, as well as his various prose genres. Through the kenotic Christ, Merton "discovers the epiphany of Christ in the human experience of poverty, in historical discontinuities, at the margins of Christendom, and in the rejection and vulnerability of the world's scarred victims show more and despised outcasts." This book is both a reappraisal of Merton as writer, critic, and spiritual leader and spiritual reading in itself. Library Journal show less