seasonal2008

International Thomas Merton Society

Bellarmine University

The Merton Seasonal -

The Spring 2008 issue, Vol. 33, No.1 included:

Collins, John P. “Thomas Merton and the PAX Peace Prize.” 3-14.
Thurston, Bonnie. “Little Rule for a Minor Hermitage.” [poem] 15.
Eastman, Patrick. “Two Falling Blossoms: Merton, Meister Eckhart and Zen.” 16-25.
Smock, Frederick. “Sabbath.” [poem] 26.
Mangrum, William L. “The Parish Desert and My Ordinary Self.” 27-29.
Skudlarek, William, OSB. “Engaging Contacts, Enlightening Insights.” Rev. of Merton and Buddhism: Wisdom, Emptiness and Everyday Mind edited by Bonnie B. Thurston. 30-31.
Paguio, Erlinda G. “Finding Merton Familiar." Rev. of Tom Merton: A Personal Biography by Joan McDonald. 32-34.
Szabo, Lynn R. “Peacemaking and Poetics.” Rev. of Pax Intrantibus: A Meditation on the Poetry of Thomas Merton by Frederick Smock. 35-36.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 37-39.

The Summer 2008 issue, Vol. 33, No.2 included:

Shaw, Mark. “Thomas Merton's Italian Vision Revisited.” 3-6.
"2008 Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry of the Sacred." 7-11.
Gelsheimer, Ann. “'The Bystander Effect': Thomas Merton and Social Psychology.” 12-19.
Peach, Robert. “Merton's Madhyamika.” [poem] 20-21.
Kaplan, Edward K. “Incarcerated Prophets: Crisis Letters of Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.” 22-26.
Egan, Keith J. “Mining Mystic Riches.” Rev. of An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 3 edited by Patrick F. O’Connell. 27-29.
Labrie, Ross. “Explication of Explorations." Rev. of Thomas Merton and Latin America: A Consonance of Voices by Malgorzata Poks. 30-32.
Somerville, Mary R. “Paying Attention to a Master.” Rev. of Thomas Merton: Master of Attention by Robert Waldron. 33-34.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 35-39.

The Fall 2008 issue, Vol. 33, No.3 included:

Merton, Thomas. “Jacob’s War.” 3-8.
Goldfarb, Sheldon. “On Thomas Merton.” [poem] 9-10.
Ross, Sheilagh A. “The Art of Pilgrimage: Rome and Thomas Merton.” 11-16.
Scruggs, Ryan. “Encountering the Word: A Dialogue Between Merton and Barth on the Bible.” 18-33.
Weis, Monica, SSJ. “Intriguing Forays.” Rev. of Thomas Merton: Hermit at the Heart of Things by J.S. Porter. 34-35.
Robinson, Meghan J. “Coming Home in Time and Eternity.” Rev. of Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation by Thomas Merton. 36-37.
Potocki, Daniel E. “Words to Live By.” Rev. of Thomas Merton In My Own Words. Selected and edited by Jonathan Montaldo. 38-40.
Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 41-43.

The Winter 2008 issue, Vol. 33, No.4 included:

McDonnell, Chris. "A Beast of a Year.” [poem] 12-13.

Dart, Ron. "In the Footsteps of Thomas Merton: Alaska." 14-19.

McGuckin, John. "On the Sudden Death of Thomas Merton." [poem] 20.

Grayston, Donald. "In the Footsteps of Thomas Merton: Asia." 21-28.

Thurston, Bonnie. “A Map of the Whole Territory.” Rev. of More Than Silence: A Bibliography of Thomas Merton by Patricia A. Burton. 29-30.

O'Sullivan, Colleen, RSJ. “Centering on Prayer.” Rev. of The Merton Annual, Volume 20 edited by Victor A. Kramer. 31-34.

Fullerton, Timothy. “The Challenge of Chatral.” Rev. of Compassionate Action by Chatral Rinpoche. 35-36.

Pearson, Paul M. "Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton." 37-39.