Thomas Merton And The New World Av Paul R. Dekar

''Merton stillmatters'', writes Paul R. Dekar about Cistercian monk Thomas Merton. Callingpeople to act justly, love kindness and walk humbly, Merton used hiscontemplative practice to see beyond what disrupts and divides us from oneanother to find the truth of our common humanity - unity in our creation in theimage of God. In Thomas Merton and the New World, Dekar focusesprimarily on two issues of concern to our current world. First, he studiesMerton''s warnings of the abuse that stems from unmindful and irresponsible useof technology, and its ecological devastation. Second, he examines Merton''sthinking on racial injustice in the mid-1960s through his correspondence withhis allies and contemporaries - James Baldwin, for example.Using Micah 6:8 toarrange Merton''s focus on justice, lovingkindness, and humility, with inputfrom Merton''s dialogue with Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Rachel Carson andothers, Dekar demonstrates just how prophetic and transferable Merton''steachings remain.