Providence is Quinn's fascinating memoir of his life-long spiritual voyage. His journey takes him from a childhood
dream in Omaha setting him on a search for fulfillment, to his time as a postulant in the Trappist order under
the guidance of eminent theologian Thomas Merton. Later, his quest took him through the deep self-discovery of
psychoanalysis, through a failed marriage during the turbulent and exciting 60s, to finding fulfillment with his
wife Rennie and a career as a writer. In Providence Quinn also details his rejection of organized religion and
his personal rediscovery of what he says is humankind's first and only universal religion, the theology that forms
the basis for Ishmael.
Providence is an insightful book that address issues of education, psychology, religion, science, marriage, and
self-understanding, and will give insight to anyone who has ever struggled to forge and enact a personal spirituality.