Thomas Merton’s "Theology of Resistance" :

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" Thomas Merton’s "Theology of Resistance" : "
Berry , Judith Elizabeth

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	1099159
Doc. No	:	TLets566682
Main Entry	:	Berry , Judith Elizabeth
Title & Author	:	Thomas Merton’s "Theology of Resistance" :\ Berry , Judith Elizabeth
College	:	King's College London (University of London)
Date	:	1998
student score	:	1998
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Abstract	:	This thesis is an exploration of what the monk, Thomas Merton OCSO,(1915-68) called his "theology of resistance". Its purpose is to establishthat this theology was a politically as well as a spiritually inspiredcritique of America in the modem era, and to illustrate the coherentdevelopment of Merton's contemplative spirituality and politicalcommitment. As an extension of this discussion I have argued in thisthesis that Thomas Merton should be seen as a politically activecontemplative as opposed to a social critic and a somewhat passivecritic at that.It is the aim of this thesis to argue that the full implications of Merton's"theology of resistance" have not been fully understood; and that Mertoncommentators and scholars have overlooked the core issues ofmarginality and protest in his work. Central to this thesis, then, is thesuggestion that Merton's "theology of resistance" was a "revolutionary"synthesis of monastic protest and contemplative marginality. Asynthesis which enabled the contemplative to place himself on themargins of society, but in solidarity with all other marginal groups andpeople.What I am suggesting is that Merton's "theology of resistance" was theculmination of a contemplatively inspired political consciousness, anattempt to grapple with the radical and transformative potential of themarginal, the dispossessed, the peripheral, the monk.
Added Entry	:	King's College London (University of London)