ISBN-13: 9780872431744

With an introduction by Monica Furlong -- Throughout his life Thomas Merton sought for the shining God and found it in the wilderness of solitude and silence. Yet few other religious writers have written so relevantly of the problems of the contempoary world and touched the lives of so many. This book is a unique introduction to Merton's vast body of writing, ideal both for those who have met Thomas Merton before and for those reading him for the first time. The Modern Spirituality Series presents selections from twentieth-century spiritual writers in a form suitable for daily reading and meditation. These pocket size books are 4 1/4" x 7" and contain 96 pages.