The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University



Thomas Merton Black History Month: Recordings of Past Lectures

By Date

2024— Carr, Raymond. “Thelonious and the Monk: The Musicality of Thomas Merton and its Meaning for our Moment.”
Taped live February 20, 2024 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Carr-Raymond.mp3

2023— Ford, Craig A. Jr. “Thomas Merton’s Letters to a White Liberal, In A Black Queer Key.”
Taped live February 21, 2023 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Ford-2023.mp3

2022— Scott, Sophfronia. “Uncovering a Hidden Wholeness: The Essence of Unity & Thomas Merton’s Hope for the Human Race.”
Taped live February 22, 2022 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Scott-2022.mp3

2021— Pramuk, Christopher. “‘Lead Me, Guide Me’: The Gift of Black Catholics to the Universal Church.”
Taped live February 21, 2021 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY.
Audio available at: Pramuk-2021.mp3 | Video available at: http://merton.org/Events/TMBHM15.aspx

2020— Prevot, Andrew. “Contemplation in Times of Crisis.”
Taped live February 25, 2020 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Audio available at: Prevot-2020.mp3

2019— Horan, Daniel P., OFM. “Racism is a White Problem: Thomas Merton, Whiteness, and Racial Justice.”
Taped live February 20, 2019 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Horan-2019.mp3

2018— Braxton, Edward K. “Thomas Merton, the Catholic Church, and the Racial Divide in the United States.”
Taped live February 21, 2018 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Braxton-2018.mp3

2015— Mikulich, Alexander. “Thomas Merton's Seeds of Black Liberation and White Redemption: A New Opportunity?”
Taped live February 25, 2015 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Mikulich-2015.mp3

2013— Copeland, M. Shawn. “The Wound and the Witness: Merton and King and the Exercise of the Prophetic.”
Taped live February 26, 2013 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Copeland.mp3

2010— Massingale, Bryan N. “Engaging Racism: Thomas Merton, the Church and the Ongoing Quest for Justice.”
Taped live February 22, 2010 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Massingale2010.mp3

2007— Harding, Vincent. “The Struggle for Freedom: Thomas Merton, Civil Rights and Democracy.”
Taped live February 22, 2007 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Harding-2007.mp3

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Braxton, Edward K. “Thomas Merton, the Catholic Church, and the Racial Divide in the United States.”
Taped live February 21, 2018 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Braxton-2018.mp3

Carr, Raymond. “Thelonious and the Monk: The Musicality of Thomas Merton and its Meaning for our Moment.”
Taped live February 20, 2024 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Carr-Raymond.mp3

Copeland, M. Shawn. “The Wound and the Witness: Merton and King and the Exercise of the Prophetic.”
Taped live February 26, 2013 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Copeland.mp3

Ford, Craig A. Jr. “Thomas Merton’s Letters to a White Liberal, In A Black Queer Key.”
Taped live February 21, 2023 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Ford-2023.mp3

Harding, Vincent. “The Struggle for Freedom: Thomas Merton, Civil Rights and Democracy.”
Taped live February 22, 2007 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Harding-2007.mp3

Horan, Daniel P., OFM. “Racism is a White Problem: Thomas Merton, Whiteness, and Racial Justice.”
Taped live February 20, 2019 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Horan-2019.mp3

Massingale, Bryan N. “Engaging Racism: Thomas Merton, the Church and the Ongoing Quest for Justice.”
Taped live February 22, 2010 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Massingale2010.mp3

Mikulich, Alexander. “Thomas Merton's Seeds of Black Liberation and White Redemption: A New Opportunity?”
Taped live February 25, 2015 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Mikulich-2015.mp3

Pramuk, Christopher. “‘Lead Me, Guide Me’: The Gift of Black Catholics to the Universal Church.”
Taped live February 21, 2021 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY.
Audio available at: Pramuk-2021.mp3 | Video available at: http://merton.org/Events/TMBHM15.aspx

Prevot, Andrew. “Contemplation in Times of Crisis.”
Taped live February 25, 2020 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Audio available at: Prevot-2020.mp3

Scott, Sophfronia. “Uncovering a Hidden Wholeness: The Essence of Unity & Thomas Merton’s Hope for the Human Race.”
Taped live February 22, 2022 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. Available at: Scott-2022.mp3

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