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 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includes as regular features reviews, review-essays, a bibliographic survey, interviews, and first appearances of unpublished, or obscurely published, Merton materials, photographs and art.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.

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• Gray Matthews. “Introduction: Facing the Astonishing.” 7-12.

• Thomas Merton. “Preface to Dom Denys Rutledge’s In Search of a Yogi.” 13-19.

• James Conner, OCSO. “Thomas Merton – Final Integration Through Interreligious Dialogue.” 20-28.

• Rachel Fell McDermott. “Why Zen Buddhism and Not Hinduism? The Asias of Thomas Merton’s Voyages East.” 29-46.

• Judith Simmer-Brown. “The Heart Is the Common Ground: Thomas Merton and Chögyam Trungpa in Dialogue.” 47-58.

• Fiona Gardner. “A Kind of Arduous and Unthanked Pioneering.” 59-66.

• Tyson Anderson. “What Matters Is Clear.” 67-79.

• Daniel P. Horan, OFM. “Striving Toward Authenticity: Merton’s ‘True Self’ and the Millennial Generation’s Search for Identity.” 80-89.

• Joseph Quinn Raab. “Insights from the Inter-Contemplative Dialogue: Merton’s Three Meanings of ‘God’ and Religious Pluralism.” 90-105.

• Edward K. Kaplan. “Abraham Heschel and Thomas Merton: Prophetic Personalities, Prophetic Friendship.” 106-115.

• Shaul Magid. “Be Alone, Together: Religious Individualism, Community and the American Spirit in Emerson, Merton and Heschel.” 116-131.

• Martin Kavka. “The Ends of Anxiety in Merton and Heschel.” 132-148.

• Patrick F. O’Connell. “‘A Son of This Instant’: Thomas Merton and Ibn ‘Abbād of Ronda.” 149-183.

• Nass Cannon. “No Mirror, No Light – Just This! Merton’s Discovery of Global Wisdom.” 184-196.

• David Golemboski. “What Kind of World-Lover? Thomas Merton on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Death-of-God Theology.” 197-211.

• Paul M. Pearson. “‘A Dedication to Prayer and a Dedication to Humanity’: An Interview About Thomas Merton with James Conner, OCSO.” Conducted and edited by Paul M. Pearson. 212-239.

• David Joseph Belcastro. “2009 Bibliographic Review: Beneath the Habit of Holiness.” 240-259.

• Daniel P. Horan, OFM. Review Symposium of Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton by Christopher Pramuk. 260-265.

• Edward K. Kaplan. Review Symposium of Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton by Christopher Pramuk. 265-269.

• Lynn R. Szabo. Review Symposium of Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton by Christopher Pramuk. 269-274.

• Christopher Pramuk. “Author Response to Review Symposium of Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton.” 274-285.

• James Conner, OCSO. Rev. of Rev. of The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 4 by Thomas Merton, edited with an introduction by Patrick F. O’Connell. 286-288.

• Mark C. Meade. Rev of Compassionate Fire: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Catherine de Hueck Doherty, edited by Robert A. Wild. 288-290.

• Mario De Pillis, Sr. Rev. of A Meeting of Angels: The Correspondence of Thomas Merton and Edward Deming and Faith Andrews. 290-294.

• William Apel. Rev. of Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters, The Essential Collection selected and edited by William H. Shannon and Christine M. Bochen. 294-297.

• Matthew Emile Vaughan. Rev. of A Book of Hours edited by Kathleen Deignan. 297-300.

• Donald Grayston. Rev. of Professional Morality and Guilty Bystanding: Merton's Conjectures and the Value of Work by Barry L. Padgett. 300-303.

• Christopher Pramuk. Rev. of The Voice of the Stranger: Three Papers and a Homily from the Seventh General Meeting and Conference of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 303-306.

• Christine M. Bochen. Rev. of Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair That Set Him Free by Mark Shaw. 306-315.

• Patrick F. O’Connell. Rev. of Hidden Holiness by Michael Plekon. 315-318.