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26 February 2016

Review: WHY DO WE LIVE IN COMMUNITY? by Eberhard Arnold and Thomas Merton

This is a bit of a mixed bag, consisting of a short book by Arnold coupled with two essays by Merton.

I tend to share Arnold's Anabaptist beliefs, but not Merton's Roman ones, and the two don't mesh well. I think Arnold's book should have been offered alone and Merton's essays included in a collection of his work. A German Bruderhof is very different from a monastery in Kentucky.

In the end the current structure hurts both authors. Since Arnold's thoughts on the subject can be found elsewhere, I don't recommend this book.

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