Man of Dialogue: Thomas Merton’s Catholic Vision by Gregory K.Hillis (Liturgical Press 2021 £19.99). Individuals, whatever their background or experience of life, are a complex amalgam of certainty and fallibility. Both of these human traits form the man or woman in their chosen path of life. Thomas Merton, monk and priest, reflected those conflicting realities in the depth of his Catholic faith which was so central to his theology and spirituality. Out of complexity people often emerge stronger and more certain of the fundamental issues that form us into the person we are called to be. Beautifully written, this book paints an engaging , instructive, even inspiring picture of a unique twentieth-century American Catholic-Elizabeth A.Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Theology, Fordham University.