Catapult

Catapult

English

“Situated on the border between the First and the Third World, Cardenal and Merton think from the standpoint of the excluded, identify with victims of the colonial/imperial matrix of power, depict in their letters a world composed of multiple worlds. All in all, they offer us a glimmer of hope amidst the current spectacle of nationalist-separatist revivals. Through their letters Merton and Cardenal engage and transcend the deepest fears of the twenty-first century and point the way to a better future. In sum, From the Monastery to the World is both timely and wise.” —Malgorzata Poks, author of Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self