Merton & Sufism : the untold story : a complete compendium /

Merton & Sufism : the untold story : a complete compendium / Merton and Sufism edited by Rob Baker and Gray Henry. - Louisville, KY : Fons Vitae, c1999. - 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Fons Vitae Thomas Merton series .

Includes bibliographical references.

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-Hakîm al-Tirmidhî, 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.

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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.


Mysticism--Islam.
Spiritual life--Catholic Church.
Sufism.

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