For For readers of his last months; transcribed talks and dialogue, not a written book.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
Transcribed talks and discussion from his California stop of late 1968, edited by Walter H. Capps.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural0 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 short book of transcribed talks and discussion from Merton's visit to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California, in 1968, shortly before he left for Asia, edited by Walter H. Capps and published by Crossroad (114 pages; the edition recorded by Open Library is dated 1991).