For For readers who want a short statement of what the monastic life is for; a booklet, not a full treatment.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
A short booklet on the peace the monastic life seeks, issued by his abbey.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential3 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A 57-page booklet published by the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1958, one of several short works Merton wrote for his community in the 1950s to explain the monastic vocation to visitors and enquirers. A French translation, La paix monastique, appeared in 1961.
