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Merton Book Reader Comments:

  • "Mr. Shaw - I greatly enjoyed reading your recent book ... it presented a balanced and sensitive view of Thomas Merton" - Pierre
  • "Mark - Your Merton book is excellent; it has that addictive quality and I didn't want to put it down." - Helen
  • "Mark - What a masterpiece. [The book] has given me insights into my religious struggle." - Al

Endorsements (see others):

"[This book] is a fair, honest, provocatively enlightening, and highly entertaining read. Mr. Shaw treats his subject with dignity, sensitivity, and profound reverence." – Merton’s fellow Gethsemani monk Peter Musak

"I really liked your book--thought it was brave, beautifully written, and an honest tribute to Merton." - The Pocket Thomas Merton editor Robert Inchausti

 


Announcing Mark's Latest Book:

Beneath the Mask of Holiness book jacket

Watch book trailer/video
Press release


About Thomas Merton:

"A true man with a lightness like the Dalai Lama" - Joan Baez

"Merton was a source of light and comfort and humor [for me]." - Ann Lamott

More about the Book

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Media Interviews & Book Reviews

Facebook: Beneath the Mask of Holiness

Mark at Macmillan Speaker's Bureau


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