The Merton Annual, Volume 24 Studies in Culture, Spirituality, and Social Concerns

by Belcastro, David

• ISBN13: 9781891785931
• ISBN10: 1891785931
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-01
• Publisher: Fons Vitae

Summary

With more than 20 consecutive years of publication, this annual collection offers a dynamic, multifaceted view of the life and work of Thomas Merton as a monk, an author, an artist, and an interlocutor with other faiths. The work combines rare primary source material, including a wide variety of articles; interviews; and in-depth coverage of recent Merton-related publications, assemblies, and forums.

Author Biography

David Belcastro is a professor and the chair of religious studies at Capitol University and a board member of the International Thomas Merton Society. He lives in Bexley, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Upon Hearing an Aeolian Harp	p. 7
The Wild Places, edited by Patrick F. O'Connell	p. 15
The Technophiliacs	p. 29
An Interview with W. H. (Ping) Ferry about Thomas Merton Conducted by Paul Wilkes Transcribed and edited by Paul M. Pearson	p. 39
Contemplation in a Technological Era: Learning from Thomas Merton	p. 54
Questioning the Goal of Biological Immortality: Mertonian Reflections on Living Eternally	p. 67
Digital Natives and the Digital Self: The Wisdom of Thomas Merton for Millennial Spirituality and Self-Understanding	p. 83
"In the Night of Our Technological Barbarism": Thomas Merton's Light on the Matter	p. 112
The Heart of the Fire: Technology, Commotion and Contemplation	p. 128
Thomas Merton, Guide to the Right Use of Technology	p. 150
Openness, Availability, Capacity for Gift	p. 176
Machine Culture and the Lone Zone: Discussing Technology and Contemplation at the 1964 Peacemaker Retreat	p. 188
Thomas Merton and Ivan Illich: Two Mendicant Anti-professionals in the Age of the Simulacra of the Professions and the System	p. 233
Technology, Freedom and the Human Person: Some Teen Insights into Merton and Benedict XVI	p. 244
2010 Bibliographic Review - Fire Watch When the Web Goes Down	p. 256
Reviews
Symposium: Monica Weis, SSJ. The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton. Reviews by Donald P. St. John, Bonnie Thurston, Kathleen Deignan, CND and Donald Grayston with a Response by the Author	p. 281
Hidden in the Same Mystery: Thomas Merton and Loretto. Edited by Bonnie Thurston with Mary Swain, SL	p. 324
Thomas Merton. Monastic Observances: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 5. Edited with an Introduction by Patrick F. O'Connell	p. 329
All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Ellsberg	p. 332
Christian Spirituality: The Classics Edited by Arthur Holder	p. 336
Contributors	p. 343
Index	p. 349
The International Thomas Merton Society	p. 354
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