The Merton Seasonal - Volume 40

The Spring 2015 issue, Vol. 40, No.1 included:

O'Connell, Patrick F. "Editor's Note." 2.
Adolfsson, Lars. "Silence, Holiness, Sanctity ." 3-5.
Apel, William. "Merton’s Search for God." 5-6.

Belcastro, David J. "The Trickster-Monk’s New Creation." 6-7.

Beltrán Llavador, Fernando. "Thomas Merton: Longing Yet Belonging – Belonging Yet Longing." 7-8.

Burton, Patricia A. "The Bibliographer’s Tale." 8-10.

Cannon, Nass. "A Path to Peace – Thomas Merton, Final Integration and Us." 10-11.

Collins, John P. "The Humanism of Pope John XXIII, Thomas Merton and J. F. Powers." 12-14.

Dart, Ron. "Thomas Merton: Hedgehog and Fox." 14-16.

Dekar, Paul R. "Silence as Attention and Antidote." 16-18.

Del Prete, Thomas. "Making the World New from Our 'Older Unity'." 19-20.

Gardner, Fiona. "'I Have Become an Explorer for You'." 20-21.

Grip, Robert. "Soul Brothers." 21-23.

Gustafson, Hans Stefan. "Why Merton Matters to This Non-Catholic." 23-24.

Hall, Gary. "A Seer Interprets the Ministry of the Stars." 24-26.

Hart, Patrick, OCSO. "Thomas Merton." 2-3.

Kiernan, Jeff. "The Next Generation." 26.

Kolp, Alan. "Personal Kaleidoscopic Spirituality." 27-28.

Kwon, Hyeokil. "Reconnection and Reformation: A Korean Protestant Perspective on the Monastic Wisdom of Thomas Merton." 29-30.

Ledbetter, J. T. "Merton as Mirror." 30-32.

McCaslin, Susan. "Slow, Deepen, Shine: Why Merton Still Matters." 32-34.

McDonnell, Chris. "Opening Doors, Opening Minds." 35-36.

McMillan, Allan M. "The Equipment of an Artist." 37.

Montaldo, Jonathan. "A Compassionate Transparency." 38.

O’Brien, David. "Thomas Merton and Catholic Americanism." 39-42.

O’Hare, Padraic. "Merton and Young Adults in the Wilderness." 42-44.

Paguio, Erlinda G. "Knowing God from Experience: Thomas Merton and the Book of Job." 45-46.

Pearson, Paul M. "A Voice for Racial Justice." 46-47.

Phillips, Dan. "Awakening and Propelling." 47-48.

Plekon, Michael. "Mercy within Mercy." 49.

Poks, Malgorzata. "The Wisdom of Contemplation." 50-51.

Porter, J. S. "Beginning at the End." 51-52.

Pramuk, Christopher. "Where the Gospel Requires Us to Be." 52-53.

Ryan, Gregory J. "Thomas Merton, Prayer and Us." 53-55.

St. John, Donald P. "Merton as Radical Ecologist: Principles for Judging Human Action." 55-56.

Scruggs, Ryan. "Spiritual Theology." 57-59.

Serrán-Pagán y Fuentes, Cristóbal. "Final Integration in Thomas Merton: The Art of Finding the Middle Way." 59-60.

Smock, Frederick. "Chanting the Square Demonic." 60-61.

Spencer, Thomas. "Merton’s Call to Activism – 2015." 61-63.

Stull, Brad. "Avatars of the Absurd: Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Nonviolence." 63-64.

Sunderman, Marilyn, RSM. "Merton the Educator." 65.

Szabo, Lynn R. "Why Thomas Merton Still Matters: Thoughts on a Man for All Times." 66-67.

Thurston, Bonnie. "Icon and/or Metaphor." 67-69.

Weiss, Monica, SSJ. "We Always Need a Prophet." 69-71.

The Summer 2015 issue, Vol. 40, No.2 included:

Merton, Thomas. "In the Wilderness." 3-7.
Hannan, Maryanne. "Trappist Monk (1915-1968)." [poem] 8.
McGilchrist, Megan Riley. "Landscapes of Disaster: Cormac McCarthy and Thomas Merton on Lost Brothers." 9-15.
McDonnell, Chris. "Polonnaruwa." [poem] 16.
Plekon, Michael. "Two Monks: Thomas of Gethsemani and Seraphim of Sarov." 17-24
Kristoff, Donna, OSU. "Record of an Exceptional Friendship." Rev. of The Letters of Thomas Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam edited by F. Douglas Scutchfield and Paul Evans Holbrook Jr. 25-27.
Scruggs, Ryan. "Fidelity and Discontent." Rev. of Divine Discontent: The Prophetic Voice of Thomas Merton by John Moses. 28-30.
Ciorra, Anthony. "A (Not So) Secret Son of Francis." Rev. of The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton by Daniel P. Horan OFM. 31-33.
Oyer, Gordon. "Fostering Freedom, Transcending Technique." Rev. of Illusions of Freedom: Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on Technology and the Human Condition by Jeffrey M. Shaw. 34-36.
Jones, Jen. "Simple Guide to a Complex Design." Rev. of Simply Merton: Wisdom from His Journals by Linus Mundy. 37-39.
Pearson, Paul M. Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton. 40-55.

The Fall 2015 issue, Vol. 40, No.3 included:

Belcastro, David Joseph. "Dear Beneficiaries of Merton’s Legacy: Presidential Address – ITMS Fourteenth General Meeting." 3-8.
Cox, Randy. "Merton's Place." [poem] 9.
Dart, Ron. "Merton on the West Coast: New Camaldoli and Redwoods." 10-18.
Garrigan, Gerard, OSB. "You Never Really Settled Down." [poem] 19.
Mahon, J. Patrick. "Seeing Merton in the Wild Goose." 20-24.
Allard, John E., OP. "Ad Experimentum: Merton’s Early Essays." Rev. of Thomas Merton, Early Essays, 1947-1952 edited by Patrick F. O’Connell. 25-27.
Kaplan, Edward K. "Fruitful Encounters." Rev. of At Play in Creation: Merton’s Awakening to the Feminine Divine by Christopher Pramuk. 28-29.
Ryan, Gregory J. "The Behavior (and Misbehavior) of Titans." Rev. of Make Peace Before the Sun Goes Down: The Long Encounter of Thomas Merton and His Abbot, James Fox by Roger Lipsey. 30-31.
O’Donnell, Angela Alaimo. "Water in the Wilderness." Rev. of Merton & Waugh: A Monk, a Crusty Old Man, & The Seven Storey Mountain by Mary Frances Coady. 32-35.
Apel, William. "A Life-Giving Legacy." Rev. of The Unquiet Monk: Thomas Merton’s Questing Faith by Michael W. Higgins. 36-38.
Rakoczy, Susan, IHM. "Receptive and Renewing Ecumenism." Rev. of Transforming Renewal: Charismatic Renewal Meets Thomas Merton by Andy Lord. 39-41.
Carhart, Michael. "An Invitation to Merton’s Birthday Party." Rev. of We Are Already One: Thomas Merton’s Message of Hope edited by Gray Henry and Jonathan Montaldo. 42-43.
Pearson, Paul M. Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton. 44-55.

The Winter 2015 issue, Vol. 40, No.4 included:

Merton, Thomas. "The Camaldolese Way." 3-16.
Lydon-Rochelle, Mona T. "In the Midst of Water, 1974." [poem] 17-18.
Hinson, E. Glenn. "Lessons from the School of Love: Thomas Merton - A Centennial Tribute." 19-31.
Milford, Judith Gill. "Forgive Me Father For I Have Sinned." [poem] 32-33.
Georgiou, Steve T. "All Rings, One Ring: Robert Lax - A Centennial Tribute." 34-37.
Cunningham, Lawrence S. "The Process behind the Product." Rev. of The Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton edited by Patrick Samway, SJ. 39-40.
O'Neill, Kathleen OCSO. "A Vivid Snapshot." Rev. of Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians edited by Patrick F. O'Connell. 41-43.
Snyder, Thomas. "Imitating God According to Thomas." Rev. of St. Thomas Aquinas and “The Ways of God” by Thomas Merton. 44-45.
Surat, Maria. "Witnessing to Christ's Peace." Rev. of Thomas Merton, Peacemaker by John Dear. 46-48.
Collins, John P. "A Redeemed World Perceived by Intellect and Imagination." Rev. of The Merton Annual, Volume 27 (2014). 49-53.
Labrie, Ross. "A Thorough and Generous Portrait." Rev. of “Literchoor Is My Beat”: A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions. 54-55.
Pearson, Paul M. Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton. 56-63.

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