Forest draws from the wealth of journals and letters left by Day to present a biography of the founder of the Catholic Worker movement. He details her work during the first half of the twentieth centu
Forest has written biographies of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton, both of whom were very fond of icons, and is himself a convert to the Russian Orthodox Church, where they are used extensively. He begi
Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016), priest, poet, peacemaker, was one of the great religious voices of our time. Jim Forest, who worked with Berrigan in building the Catholic Peace Fellowship i
Not everything Jesus taught must be regarded as a commandment. Counsels on voluntary poverty or chastity, for instance, have been seen as an option for a small minority of Christ’s followers. The same
This pictorial biography of Thomas Merton - revised now for the fortieth anniversary of his death - tells the story of the extraordinary Trappist monk whose writings, including his classic autobiogra
Offers a moving reappraisal of this neglected sacrament, drawing on scripture, the lives of the saints, and a wealth of personal stories, showing how the practice of confession draws us deeper into a
Providing an intimate and timely view of Merton, this book traces the theme of peace and nonviolence in Merton’s life and writings, drawing in particular on extensive correspondence with Jim Forest, a
