The Merton Annual is the best resource for literature that reflects on issues of spirituality, religion and culture within the global perspectives afforded by Thomas Merton's literary and artistic legacy. With scholarship that discerningly examines Merton's continuing role in forming the conscience of twenty-first century readers, the Annual clears paths we can walk upon to enhance our active, every day contemplative lives.

With its unique combination of rare primary source material, interviews, a wide variety of articles and thorough coverage of recent publications, The Merton Annual continues to be an indispensable source of information, insight and inspiration for anyone interested in Tomas Merton's life and work and in his ongoing significance and influence.

Thomas Merton, monk and author, has entered into legend. The Merton Annual, with its blend of scholarship, witness, interpretation, and review, embodies the need to engage with Merton in his singularity, not as a legend but as a seeker and prophet of our time with whom the grand, precise dialogue continues.

Thomas Merton was truly a renaissance man and the wide ranging scholarship on Merton's life and thought published in The Merton Annual witnesses eloquently to this. It is truly as multifaceted as Thomas Merton himself.