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Main Author: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Other Authors: O'Connell, Patrick F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • The white pebble
  • St. John of the Cross
  • Poetry and contemplation: a reappraisal
  • Boris Pasternak and the people with watch chains
  • The recovery of paradise
  • Notes for a philosophy of solitude
  • Theology of creativity
  • Christian culture needs oriental wisdom
  • Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra concerning giants
  • Peace: a religious responsibility
  • The humanity of Christ in monastic prayer
  • Message to poets
  • A tribute to Gandhi
  • From pilgrimage to crusade
  • Religion and race in the United States
  • Rain and the rhinoceros
  • The contemplative life in the modern world
  • Day of a stranger
  • Symbolism: communication or communion
  • The other side of despair
  • The time of the end is the time of no room
  • Blessed are the meek
  • Events and pseudo-events
  • The spiritual father in the desert tradition
  • Is the world a problem?
  • A Christian looks at Zen
  • Terror and the absurd
  • The monastic renewal: problems and prospects
  • "Baptism in the forest": wisdom and initiation in William Faulkner
  • Ishi: a meditation
  • Learning to live
  • The wild places
  • Final integration: toward a "monastic therapy".