Contemplation reconsidered - the human way in, Parker J. Palmer; the human way out - the friendship of charity as a countercultural practice, Paul J. Wadell; the virtuous teacher - Thomas Merton's contribution to a spirituality of higher education, Roy D. Fuller; humanizing the university - adding the contemplative dimension, Julia Ann Upton; learning to live - Merton's students remember his teaching, Gloria Kitto Lewis; culture and the formation of personal identity - dilemma and dialectic in Thomas Merton's teaching, Thomas Del Prete; A voice in the postmodern wilderness - Merton on monastic renewal, Thomas F. McKenna; revisiting "Zen and the Birds of Appetite" after 25 years, Matthias Neumann; animated outsiders, Claire Badaracco. (Part contents)