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The Merton
Annual
The ITMS and the Thomas Merton
Center support publication of The Merton Annual: Studies
in Culture, Spirituality and Social Concerns. The
Merton Annual is a peer-reviewed journal that 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unpublished, or obscurely published, Merton materials,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 will also be considered. Manuscripts and
books for review may be sent to either of the editors.
ITMS members can purchase
The Merton Annual at a special
rate.
Copies can also be ordered from the Thomas Merton
Center - order The
Merton Annual, volume 25.
Volume 25 of The Merton
Annual is now available and Volume 26 is due for
publication in Spring 2014. The Merton Annual is
available to ITMS members as part of an enhanced membership
package. Further details of this are available at the
ITMS Membership web page.
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Volume 25 - Table of Contents
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Belcastro, David
Joseph. “Introduction: The
Ineffable Desert and the City or What We Call Home.” 7-12.
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“Some Points from the Birmingham Non-Violence
Movement.” 13-22.
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Fayle, Vaughn, OFM. “An Interview About
Thomas Merton with Dr. Martin E. Marty.” Edited by Joseph Quinn
Raab. 23-29.
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O’Connell, Patrick F. “Pilgrimage, the
Prophet, Persecutions and Perfume: East with Ibn Battūta and
Thomas Merton.” 30-48.
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Poks, Malgorzata. “With Malinowski in the
Postmodern Desert: Merton, Anthropology and the Ethnopoetics of
The Geography of Lograire.”
49-73.
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Gustafson, Hans. “Place, Spiritual
Anthropology and Sacramentality in Thomas Merton’s Later Years.”
74-90.
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Pramuk, Christopher. “‘The Street Is for
Celebration’: Racial Consciousness
and the Eclipse of Childhood in America’s Cities.” 91-103.
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Belcastro, David Joseph. “Voices from the
Desert: Merton, Camus and Milosz.” 104-112.
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Collins, John P. “Two Antiheroes: Meursault
and Binx Bolling Viewed through Thomas Merton’s Literary
Imagination.” 113-123.
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Gardner, Fiona. “You Are You: That Is the Most Important Thing –
Everything Is in It Somewhere: An Analysis of the Correspondence
from Thomas Merton to John Harris.” 124-131.
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Whalen, Robert Weldon. “Thomas Merton and Hannah Arendt: Desert
and City in Cold-War Culture.” 132-143.
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Kwon, Hyeokil. “Is Desert Spirituality Viable in the
Twenty-First-Century City? The Legacy of the Desert Fathers in
Thomas Merton. ” 144-153.
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Cannon, Nass. “Stand on Your Own Feet! Thomas
Merton and the Monk without Vows or Walls.” 154-168.
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Hollmann, Joshua. “Searching for
Sophia: Nicholas
of Cusa and Thomas Merton.”
169-176.
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Horan, Daniel P., OFM.
“No Spouse Is an Island: Thomas Merton’s Contribution Toward a
Contemporary Spirituality of Marriage.” 177-196.
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McDonald, Mary Murray. “The Soul-Rich Monk/Priest: Thomas
Merton on Lectio Divina.” 197-204.
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Raab, Joseph Quinn. “2011
Bibliographic Review: Pointing Fingers at the Calm Eye of the
Storm.” 205-216.
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Kramer, Victor A. Rev. of
A Silent Action: Engagements with Thomas Merton by Rowan
Williams. 217-221.
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Horan, Daniel P., OFM. Rev.
Thomas Merton:
Twentieth-Century Wisdom
for Twenty-First-Century
Living
by Paul R. Dekar 221-225.
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Bell, Ian. Rev. of
Thomas Merton: Contemplation and Political Action by
Mario I. Aguilar. 225-227.
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Gardner, Fiona. Rev. of
The Wounded Heart of Thomas Merton by Robert
Waldron. 228-232.
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Belcastro, David Joseph. Rev. of
Silence Speaks: Teilhard de Chardin, Yves Congar, John Courtney
Murray, and Thomas Merton by Robert Nugent. 233-235.
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Grip, Robert. Rev. of
Thomas Merton: A Spiritual
Guide for the Twenty-First Century [CDs] by Anthony Ciorra &
A Retreat with Thomas
Merton [CDs] by Donald Goergen, OP. 236.
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O’Connell, Patrick F. Rev. of
Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of Faith [book and
DVDs] by Robert Barron. 237-243.
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Griffith, Kevin. Rev. of
Afternoons with Emily by Paul Quenon &
Belonging to Borders: A Sojourn in the Celtic Tradition
by Bonnie Thurston. 243-245.
Contents of Earlier Volumes
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Submissions:
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 will
also be considered.
Guidelines for Submissions
Manuscripts and books for review
may be sent to the editors:
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David Belcastro.
818 Montrose
Avenue,
Columbus. OH. 43209-2450.
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Joseph Raab
1520 Brookfield Ct.,
Adrian MI 49221-
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mertonannual@gmail.com
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mertonannual@gmail.com
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Editorial Board
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William Apel (McMinnville, OR)
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Deborah Kehoe (Oxford, MS)
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Victor A. Kramer (Decatur,
GA)
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Roger Lipsey (Garrison, NY)
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Patrick F. O'Connell (Erie,
PA)
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Malgorzata Poks (Koszecin,
Poland)
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Paul M. Pearson
(Louisville, KY)
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Joseph Raab (Adrian, MI)
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Lynn Szabo (Vancouver, BC)
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Bonnie B. Thurston
(Wheeling, WV)
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Monica Weis (Rochester, NY)
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