The Merton Annual Volume 31 – Merton’s Final Year

Editors: Deborah Pope Kehoe, Joseph Quinn Raab

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“The articles comprising this volume of The Merton Annual offer diverse approaches to situating and observing Merton in the last year of his life. Nevertheless, within these vigorous discussions of texts, contexts and subtexts, the attentive reader can discern a unifying theme: Merton’s enduring faith, amid the continuous wreckage of history, in the hidden unity and indomitable love of God.” Click here to read the full introduction by Deborah Pope Kehoe.

The Merton Annual publishes articles about Thomas Merton and about related matters of major concern to his life and work. Its purpose is to enhance Merton’s reputation as a writer and monk, to continue to develop his message for our times, and to provide a regular outlet for substantial Merton-related scholarship. The Merton Annual includes as regular features, reviews, review-essays, a bibliographic survey, interviews, and first appearances of unpublished or obscurely published Merton materials, photographs and art. Essays about related literary and spiritual matters are also considered.

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Categories: General Thomas Merton Books, The Merton Annual, Thomas Merton Series

ISBN: 9781891785979
Year: 2018
Pages: 246

Fons Vitae Publishing

The Merton Annual Volume 31 – Merton’s Final Year

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The Merton Annual Volume 31 – Merton’s Final Year

CONTENTS

Kehoe, Deborah Pope. “Introduction: The Dead Say Only One Word.” 7-16.

Merton, Thomas. “Two Conferences on Prayer: India 1968.” 17-40.

Walsh, Daniel C. “Homily for the Funeral Mass of Father Louis Merton, OCSO.” 41-48.

Horan, Daniel P, OFM. “Seeds of Inspiration: The Life and Legacy of Thomas Merton (1915–1968).” 49-55.

Malewitz, Thomas. “From the Mountain to the Cross: Revisiting 1968 through the Prophetic Words of King, Kennedy, Chavez and Merton.” 56-66.

Apel, William. “Crisis of Faith: Thomas Merton and the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.” 67-74.

Gardner, Fiona. “Kanchenjunga – ‘Yin-yang Palace of Opposites in Unity’: Reflections on Thomas Merton’s Experiences on the Mim Tea Estate Retreat.” 75-85.

Baker, Kathleen M. “Disrupting Disparities in a Mythic Place: Internal Engagement in the Country of Lograire.” 86-95.

Poks, Malgorzata. “Dismantling the Rule of the Father: Towards the Kingdom of the Im/Possible in The Geography of Lograire.” 96-112.

Golemboski, David. “The Familiar Perspectives of American History: Thomas Merton on Black and Indigenous Oppression in the United States.” 113-127.

Raggio, Marcela. “Thomas Merton’s Nostalgia.” 128-145.

Thralls, Chad R. “From ‘Get out of My Way’ to ‘Shining like the Sun’: Thomas Merton on Cities, Community and Solitude.” 146-157.

Garrett, Zachary. “Writing in the Shadow of the Apocalyptic Cherub: Autobiographical Forms in Day of a Stranger.” 158-165.

McGregor, Michael N. “Harpo and the Clown of God: The Seven-Storied Friendship of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax.” 166-185.

Raab, Joseph Quinn. “A Prophet Is Never Passé: A Bibliographic Review of 2017.” 186-200.

Bell, Ian. Rev. of A Course in Christian Mysticism by Thomas Merton, edited by Jon M. Sweeney. 201-204.

Bochen, Christine M. Rev. of From the Monastery to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal, translated and edited by Jessie Sandoval. 204-213.

Morey, Lawrence, OCSO. Rev. of The Spirit of Simplicity by Jean-Baptiste Chautard. 213-215.

O’Connell, Patrick F. Rev. of We Are All Poets Here: Thomas Merton’s 1968 Journey to Alaska by Kathleen Witkowska Tarr. 215-220.

Crosby, Wendy. Rev. of Spiritual Guides: Pathfinders in the Desert by Fred R. Dallmayr. 220-223.

Martin, Michael. Rev. of The World as Sacrament: An Ecumenical Path toward a Worldly Spirituality by Michael P. Plekon. 223-225.

Raab, Christian, OSB. Rev. of To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age by Robert Barron with John Allen, Jr. 225-229.

Schnapp, Patricia L, RSM. Rev. of At Play in the Lions’ Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan by Jim Forest. 229-235.

Grateful acknowledgement is expressed to the Merton Legacy Trust and the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University for permission to reproduce the calligraphy of Thomas Merton for the cover artwork.

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