Introduction 1 xi

PART ONE: REAL AND FALSE SELVES 1

PART TWO: THE WORLD WE LIVE IN 25
Unquiet City 27
The Technological Imperative 43
Events and Pseudo-Events 49

PART THREE: ANTIDOTES TO ILLUSION 57
Truth 59
Silence 63
Solitude 65
Prayer, Meditation, Contemplation 75
Monasticism 92
Faith 98
Charity 104
Humility 106
Vocation 113
God 116

PART FOUR: LOVE IN ACTION 127
Toward a Theology of Love 129
Nonviolence 140
Sainthood 152

Books and Tapes by and about Thomas Merton 159
Sources and Abbreviations 163
Acknowledgments 165