Merton & Judaism Holiness in Words: Recognition, Repentance, and Renewal

by Kaplan, Edward K.; Bruteau, Beatrice; Taylor, Terrence A.; Kramer, Victor A.

• ISBN13: 9781887752558
• ISBN10: 1887752552
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Fons Vitae

Summary

Contributors to this volume present Thomas Merton as making a significant opening to reverent appreciation of past and present Judaism, as he aspires to be, or claims to be "a true Jew under my Catholic skin."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	7	(6)
The Fons Vitae Thomas Merton Series	13	(2)
Foreword Merton's Developing Expression of His Jewish Brotherhood: A Hopeful Vision	15	(10)
Victor A. Kramer
Editor's Preface	25	(6)
Beatrice Bruteau
Sponsor's Preface Beating ``Constantine's Sword'' into a Spiritual Plowshare	31	(6)
Terrence A. Taylor
Introduction	37	(4)
Edward K. Kaplan
Presentation of the Keynote Speaker	41	(300)
Rabbi Robert Slosberg
Adath Jeshurun
Thomas Merton and A Full Christian Tesheva	43	(14)
James Carroll
Thomas Merton and Judaism	57	(10)
William H. Shannon
The Eclipse of Difference: Merton's Encounter with Judaism	67	(16)
Karl A. Plank
Thomas Merton, The Holocaust, and The Eclipse of Difference	83	(22)
Donald Grayston
An Open Letter to Donald Grayston	105	(4)
Karl A. Plank
``Under My Catholic Skin...''	109	(18)
Edward K. Kaplan
Breakthrough of The Word: Thomas Merton and Martin Buber on Reading The Bible	127	(30)
Karl A. Plank
``Waiting for The Messiah: The Seventh Day''	157	(28)
Lucien Miller
Come to the Wedding: Some Hasidic Themes in Selected Letters to Merton from Jewish Correspondents	185	(32)
Mary Helene P. Rosenbaum
Merton--Heschel Correspondence	217	(16)
Abraham Joshua Heschel and Thomas Merton Heretics of Modernity	233	(20)
Shaul Magid
Contemplative Inwardness and Prophetic Action Thomas Merton's Dialogue with Abraham J. Heschel	253	(16)
Edward K. Kaplan
Thomas Merton's Prophetic Voice: Merton, Heschel, and Vatican II	269	(14)
Brenda Fitch Fairaday
Merton: A Pioneer of Pluralism	283	(14)
Ron Miller
Renewal: Jewish and Christian	297	(4)
Edward K. Kaplan
An Interview with Rabbi Zalman Schachter--Shalomi	301	(24)
Edward K. Kaplan
Shaul Magid
Thomas Merton and Jewish/Christian Existentialism	325	(14)
Paul M. Pearson
``Under My Skin''	339	(2)
Paul Quenon
Appendix A The Successive Versions of Nostra Aetate	341	(32)
James M. Somerville
Appendix B Historic Visit of John Paul II to the Synagogue of Rome	373	(4)
Appendix C National Council of Synagogues and Delegates of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs ``Reflections on Covenant and Mission''	377	(10)
Resources for Further Study	387	(12)
Contributors	399	(8)
General Index	407