Contemplation in a world of action

Contemplation in a world of action / Thomas Merton ; introduction by Jean Leclercq.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Other Authors:	Leclercq, Jean, 1911-1993
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1971.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Monastic and religious life.

Table of Contents:

1. Monastic Renewal. Problems and prospects
Vocation and modern thought
The identity crisis
Dialogue and renewal
Renewal and discipline
The place of obedience
Openness and cloister
Is the world a problem?
Contemplation in a world of action
The contemplative and the atheist
Ecumenism and renewal
The need for a new education
Final integration: toward a "monastic therapy"
Appendices: Notes on the future of monasticism; The monk today
2. The Case for eremitism. Christian solitude
The cell
Franciscan eremitism
The spiritual father in the desert tradition
The case for a renewal of eremitism in the monastic state
3. Contemplative Life. Is the contemplative life finished?