50 years after publication, Thomas Merton's spiritual classic lives on.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | October 7, 1998| | Copyright

Fifty years ago this month, a young Catholic monk published a book about his spiritual conversion.

He was a worldly sort of fellow _ born in France, educated at Columbia University in Manhattan, rich in tweedy friends, sophisticated in a manner few people would associate with coarse woolen hoods and farm work _ a man not apparently inclined toward poverty, chastity or obedience.

Before he'd become a Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, in fact, he'd tried his hand at reviewing books and plays, and even wrote a novel.

But ...

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