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includes as regular features reviews, review-essays, a bibliographic survey, interviews, and first appearances of unpublished, or obscurely published, Merton materials, photographs and art.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 37. (To be published March 15, 2025)   Volumes 18 - 37 may also be ordered from the Merton Center - contact [email protected] for further information or go to: https://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/annualavailable.aspx.   Volume 37 of The Merton Annual will be available in March 2025 and Volume 38 is due for publication in Spring 2026. 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.

Volume 37 - Table of Contents

• Golemboski, David. "Immersed, Transformed and Open." 5-10.

• Merton, Thomas. "The Present 'Crisis' in Monasticism" introduced and annotated by Patrick F. O'Connell. 11-28.

• Delio, Ilia, OSF. "Merton's Christophany, Teilhard's Challenge and the Second Axial Monk." 29-49.

• Pramuk, Christopher. "'A Conscience Burning with Impatience': Merton and the Art of Apocalyptic Times." 50-63.

• Kubisiak, Matthew. "Aesthetics, Contemplation and Zeal: The Function of Religious Art and Experience in The Seven Storey Mountain." 64-78.

• Marshell, John. "Reading in the Dark: Lectio Divina and the Chuang Tzu." 79-101.

• Crace, Benjamin. "The Book of Transformations: Merton and the I Ching." 102-118.

• Way, Megan McDonald. "Applying Thomas Merton's Wisdom to the Undergraduate Economics Classroom." 119-137.

• O'Connell, Patrick F. "A Four Storey Tower: The Building of Thomas Merton's Babel." 138-214.

• McNary-Zak, Bernadette. "Recognizing Contexts: A Bibliographic Review of 2023." 215-223.

• Martin, Eric. Rev. of Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism [Full Text] by Daniel P. Horan. 224-226.

• Pramuk, Christopher. Rev. of Thomas Merton: The Monk of Civil Rights [Full Text] by Edward Vinski. 226-231.

• Weis, Monica, SSJ. Rev. of Remembering the Forgotten Merton [Full Text] by William J. Meegan. 231-236.

• Dekar, Paul R. Rev. of Thomas Merton’s Betrayers: The Case against Abbot James Fox and Author John Howard Griffin [Full Text] by Hugh Turley and David Martin. 236-239.

• Kennedy, Emma McDonald. Rev. of A Retreat with Thomas Merton: A Seven-Day Spiritual Journey [Full Text] by Esther de Waal. 239-241.

• Andujar, Jose F. Rev. of In Search of the Healing Spirit [Full Text] edited by Clare E. B. Cannon, Bryant Cannon and John Cannon. 241-243.

• Tarr, Kathleen. Rev. of The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation [Full Text] by James Finley. 243-247.

• O'Connell, Patrick F. Rev. of Modern Mystics: An Introduction [Full Text] by Bernard McGinn. 248-253.

• Braun, Connie. Rev. of Our Hearts Are Restless: The Art of Spiritual Memoir [Full Text] by Richard Lischer. 254-256.

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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.

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