Religion in the Modern World

“After a careful reading...I believe that your book [Religion in the Modern World] is exceptionally good.... It is most important first of all to understand deeply and live one’s own tradition, not confusing it with what is foreign to it, if one is to seriously appreciate other traditions and distinguish in them what is close to one’s own and what is, perhaps, irreconcilable with one’s own.... I am very grateful for your important and thoughtful book, and I am sure you can see I am in the deepest possible sympathy with your views.” --Thomas Merton, from his correspondence with Lord Northbourn