Peasant of Garonne - Old Layman Questions Himself about Present Time

Preface, p. ix 
Thanksgiving, p. 1 
Three contradictory descriptions, p. 4 
2 Our Cockeyed Times, p. 12 
Itching Ears, p. 12 
Epistemological time-worship, p. 12 
Logophobia, p. 14 
Contemporary Trends, Especially the Trends of 
“Left” and “Right,” p. 21 
At the time of the “Letter on Independence,” p. 21 
Today, p. 24 
3 The World and Its Contrasting Aspects, p. 28 
The Religious or “Mystical” Truth Concerning the World In Its Relation With the Kingdom of God, p. 28 
God so loved the world, p. 29 
The world hates me, p. 32 
Some conclusions, p. 35 
The “Ontosophic” Truth, p. 38 
Concerning the world in its natural structures, p. 38 
The natural end of the world, p. 40 
On the temporal mission of the Christian, p. 41 
A Long Misunderstanding With Bitter Fruit, p. 44 
. Speculative vocabulary and practical vocabulary, p. 44 
The “contempt of the world” and its perilous vicissitudes, p. 46 
Schema XIII, p. 50 
The Teaching Church Has Put An End to the Long 
Misunderstanding, p. 50 
Kneeling Before the World, p. 53 
Factual behavior and thought more or less confused, p. 53 
The Saints and the world, p. 58 
The insane mistake, p. 60 
4 The True New Fire — Christians and Non-Christians, p. 64 
The announcement of a new age, p. 64 
Practical cooperation in a divided world, p. 65 
Brotherly love among men who are all (at least potentially) 
members of Christ, p. 70 
Two short anecdotes, p. 78 
The law of the cross, p. 79 
5 The True New Fire — The Liberation of the 
Intelligence, p. 84 
Preliminary notice, p. 84 
The Truth, p. 87 
A few words on the capacity of human reason, p. 94 
Philosophy and ideosophy, p. 98 
The liberation of philosophic eros, p. 104 
Contemporary phenomenology, p. 107 
The need for fables or intellectual false currency, p. 112 
Teilhard de Chardin and Teilhardism, p. 116 
6 The True New Fire — The Requests and Renewals 
of Genuine Knowledge, p. 127 
A great wise man, p. 127 
The intuition of Being and the contemplation of Being itself subsisting by itself, p. 132 
The philosophy of St. Thomas, p. 135 
Philosophy and theology, p. 141 
Truth and freedom, p. 166 
Vita\'i lampada tradunt , p. 170 
7 The True New Fire — The Affairs of God\'s Kingdom, p. 174 
The One and Holy, p. 174 
The personality of the Church, p. 175 
The Church, Bride and mystical Body, p. 176 
The Church, kingdom of God begun here on earth, p. 183 
The Church, Holy and Penitent, p. 185 
The Church, People of God, p. 189 
Contemplation in the World, p. 194 
By way of introduction, p. 194 
A digression (on the temporal mission of the Christian), p. 198 
Another digression (on the condition of the layman) and 
the end of the introduction, p. 205 
The two necessary aids on the never-ending road, p. 213 
Liturgy, p. 214 
Contemplation, p. 220 
The diversity of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, p. 229 
Contemplation on the roads, p. 232 
The Disciples — James and John, p. 254 
The True Face of God, or Love and the Law 
(text by Raissa), p. 257 
Appendices, p. 261 
1 On a text of Saint Paul, p. 261 
2 On two studies concerning the theology of 
Pere Teilhard, p. 264 
3 A short epistemological digression, p. 270 
4 On the unity and visibility of the Church, p. 274