The Root of War is Fear

ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC PUBLISHERS AWARD: GENERAL INTEREST NAUTILUS AWARD WINNER!: GOLD MEDAL (RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY of WESTERN THOUGHT)    INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER ILLUMINATION AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER (BIOGRAPHY) "Merton's witness for peace is more urgent than ever in a world becoming rapidly more insane and feverishly impatient. His analysis of the cost of war not only to lives but to minds and imaginations, to the integrity of whole societies, is still unsurpassed. In this vivid and compelling book, Jim Forest who has already contributed so much to our understanding of Merton weaves together a comprehensive reading of Merton's own thinking with personal testimony and reflection. A book of enormous richness and serious challenge." --Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge University "When Dorothy Day handed her young co-worker, Jim Forest, a letter from Thomas Merton and asked him to answer it, a transforming journey began. The m