Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: On "Merton's Heart" xv
Part I Two Kindred Hearts
Chapter 1 The Medieval Mendicant: Francis of Assisi 3
Chapter 2 The Modern Monk: Thomas Merton 35
Part II Franciscan Foundations
Chapter 3 The Rise and Fall of a Vocation 55
Chapter 4 A Franciscan in Blue Jeans 79
Part III Reflections on Faith
Chapter 5 The "True Self": Getting to the Heart of Merton's Most Famous Insight 95
Chapter 6 The General Dance: Franciscan Christology and the Christ of Thomas Merton 117
Chapter 7 Paradise Consciousness: Modern Spirituality of Creation in a Franciscan Key 131
Part IV Engaging the World
Chapter 8 Seeing the World as It Really Is: Prophecy at the Heart of the Christian Vocation 159
Chapter 9 No Longer Strangers: Thomas Merton and Franciscan Interreligious Dialogue 173
Chapter 10 Becoming Instruments of Peace: How Francis and Merton Challenge Us to Live Today 199
Conclusion: Finding Francis in Unlikely Places 219
Appendix: Merton's Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi 223
Notes 227
Index 251