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A book with this title which includes “Is the World a Problem” was published by Doubleday in 1971 after Merton's death. The Image paperback edition published in 1973 has three sections including a section of five chapters on The Case for Eremitism which was sandwiched between the two sections of the currently available book of the same title published in 1998 by Notre Dame Press. In the 1973 paperback edition there is an editorial note by Naomi Burton who said that she had received the manuscript on September 10, 1968 a few months before Merton died. At the suggestion of Brother Patrick Hart the five chapters on the solitary life were included, however they are no longer in the Notre Dame edition.   PART ONE: Renewal of Life in the Monastic Milieu Merton wrote in the broad context of renewal at the time of not only monastic life, but also Catholicism, and even civic life here in American. Notre Dame reissued the book under a series title: Gethsemani Studies in Psychological ...

Meeting Place and Directions The Resurrection Room of Saint Noel Parish, 35200 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, OH 44094. An overview of the Parish, and driving directions is provided by the following post: SAINT NOEL PARISH LOCATION Meeting Time and Format 6:00 pm hospitality hour for meeting new people, becoming reacquainted, and more deeply acquainted.  Discussion of our experiences with Merton and his effect upon people's lives. 7 :00 pm prayer: Betty Jeffries will lead us in prayer using Merton material. 7:15 - 8:15 pm  Discussion of the following articles:  IS THE WORLD A PROBLEM? Ambiguities in the Secular By Thomas Merton June 3, 1966 Is the world a problem? I type the question. I am tempted to type it over again, with asterisks between the letters, the way H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n used to type his name in the New Yorker twenty years ago. And as far as I am concerned that would dispose of th...