Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive collection includes essays by scholars, Merton's own Sufi poems, book reviews of Sufi texts, as well as edited transcriptions of his lectures on Sufism.
Table of Contents
Preface: What attracted Merton to Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Dramatis personae -- Introduction: Sufism: name and reality / William C. Chittick -- Merton's reflections on Sufism / Burton B. Thurston -- Thomas Merton's interest in Islam: the example of Dhikr / Bonnie Thurston -- Merton, Massignon, and the challenge of Islam / Sidney H. Griffith -- A treatise on the heart / Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Hakãim al-Tirmidhãi, translated by Nicholas Heer -- Islamic themes in Merton's poetry / Erlinda G. Paguio -- "As one spiritual man to another": the Merton-Abdul Aziz correspondence / Sidney H. Griffith --Merton's Sufi lectures to Cistercian novices, 1966-68 / Bernadette Dieker -- Thomas Merton and a Sufi saint / Gray Henry -- The visit of Sidi Abdeslam to Gethsemani / Nicole Abadie Khadidja Benaissa -- Merton, Marco Pallis and the Traditionalists / Rob Baker -- Final integration: toward a "Monastic Therapy" / Thomas Merton.