Merton & Sufism The Untold Story: A Complete

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.

Preface What Attracted Merton to Sufism

9

(5)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Dramatis Personae

14

(1)

Introduction Sufism: Name and Reality

15

(18)

William C. Chittick

Merton's Reflections on Sufism

33

(7)

Burton B. Thurston

Thomas Merton's Interest in Islam: The Example of Dhikr

40

(11)

Bonnie Thurston

Merton, Massignon, and the Challenge of Islam

51

(28)

Sidney H. Griffith

Merton and Massignon

52

(11)

Le Point Vierge

63

(5)

The Challange of Islam

68

(11)

A Treatise on the Heart

79

(10)

Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi

Nicholas Heer

Islamic Themes in Merton's Poetry

89

(12)

Erlinda G. Paguio

``As One Spiritual Man to Another'': The Merton-Abdul Aziz Correspondence

101

(29)

Sidney H. Griffith

The Beginning of the Correspondence

101

(3)

One Spiritual Man to Another

104

(2)

This World of Darkness

106

(2)

Mutual Comprehension

108

(7)

Mystics and Sufi Masters

115

(15)

Merton's Sufi Lectures to Cistercian Novices, 1966--68

130

(33)

Bernadette Dieker

Union of God and Man

132

(2)

Knowledge of God

134

(2)

Tanzih and Tashbih--God Manifest

136

(1)

Perplexity to Perfection--Mercy

137

(2)

The Names of God

139

(2)

The Straight Way

141

(5)

Searching for God

146

(1)

Do It Yourself

147

(1)

Dissolution of Self

148

(2)

States and Stations

150

(2)

Community Following a Leader--with Grace (the Shaikh)

152

(1)

Extinction of Self

153

(1)

Permanent Crisis of the Person

154

(2)

Humility

156

(2)

Peace

158

(1)

The Mystical Life in Sufism

158

(5)

Thomas Merton and a Sufi Saint

163

(19)

Gray Henry

The Visit of Sidi Abdeslam to Gethsemani

182

(11)

Nicole Abadie

Personal Discovery of Sufism

182

(3)

Trips to Mecca and Jerusalem

185

(3)

The Meeting with Merton at Gethsemani

188

(2)

The Ensuing Correspondence

190

(1)

Assessing a Master

191

(2)

Merton, Marco Pallis and the Traditionalists

193

(73)

Rob Baker

The Secret and the Open among the Traditionalists

196

(4)

Basic Elements of Traditionalist Thought

200

(2)

The Merton-Pallis Letters

202

(21)

Merton Correspondence with Other Traditionalists

223

(14)

Miscellaneous References in the Merton Collection

237

(29)

Final Integration: Toward a ``Monastic Therapy''

266

(12)

Thomas Merton

Photo Essay Sufis and Cistercians

278

(9)

Appendix A Merton's Sufi Poems

287

(19)

Readings from Ibn Abbad

287

(7)

East with Ibn Battuta

294

(5)

Lubnan

299

(1)

Tomb Cover of Imam Riza

300

(1)

Song for the Death of Averroes

300

(3)

The Night of Destiny

303

(2)

The Moslems' Angel of Death (Algeria 1961)

305

(1)

Appendix B Merton's Sufi Book Reviews from

306

(13)

Collectanea Cisterciensia

Rabindranath Tagore

306

(2)

Martin Lings

308

(1)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

309

(1)

Fritz Meier

310

(2)

Reza Arasteh

312

(1)

Paul Nwyia

313

(1)

Dom Jean Leclercq

314

(1)

Cyprien Rice

315

(4)

Appendix C The Universality of Monasticism and Its Relevance in the Modern World

319

(16)

Frithjof Schuon

Contributors

335

(4)

Acknowledgments

339

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Merton & Sufism The Untold Story: A Complete Compendium

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials