Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-113).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-113).

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-113).

"A knowledge of bibliography and facility in the use of bibliographic tools is of great importance to librarians. For this reason this writer selected as her Master's paper a project that would further this knowledge and this facility: a brief biography of Thomas Merton, whose writings have brought much satisfaction to this writer, and a complete bibliography of his works that have appeared as trade books to the present time. Such presentation of an author and his works has been defined by William Howard Huff as a bio-bibliography. Excluded from this study are the works which have appeared in collections by other authors which, in most cases, are incorporated in one of Merton's books"--Introduction. / Carbon copy of typescript. / "August, 1956." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis advisor: Brian Robinette / While violence manifests in many forms, two instantiations of violence are particularly prominent in the U.S. and growing: racial resentment and polarization, both political and ecclesial. Violence emerges from the false and malforming narratives that contribute to our identities and worldviews. Insofar as these narratives contribute to the ongoing malformation of our identities and worldviews, they contribute to a bias in need of conversion; that is, violence as the result of false narratives is in need of a conversion understood as a revision of those formative narratives. In my dissertation, I draw on the work of James Alison and Thomas Merton to offer a spirituality and ecclesiology of humble discovery and prophetic accompaniment that facilitate an openness to a holistic conversion at the personal, communal, and political levels that can counter this violent bias in the transformation of our formative narratives. In chapter one, I evaluate the role narratives play in human identity and worldview formation as well as the possibility for violence to emerge from false and malforming narratives. I focus especially on racial resentment and polarization in the political and ecclesial spheres as instantiations of violence that are uniquely pervasive and growing in the United States. I posit that these false narratives are a bias in need of conversion, and I consider conversion as a transformation of those formative narratives. Chapter two takes up the work of James Alison who, relying on the mimetic theory advanced by René Girard, offers a communal anthropology that reveals original sin to be our participation in a system of mimetic rivalry, scapegoating and exclusionary violence, and death. The experience of the resurrection reveals both our participation in this system and that God has nothing to do with this violence and death. Alison directs us to ecclesial participation in the liturgy, wherein we experience the risen Jesus, as a communal process of conversion in which we relax into being recreated into who God intends for us to be and whose desires are realigned toward God’s. In chapter three, I turn to the complementary, though distinct, work of Thomas Merton. Merton offers a process of personal conversion rooted in a practice of contemplative spirituality. This process initiates in response to the realization of our participation in “mass society,” which uncritically accepts technological progress to the point of rendering us “moral infants” and atomized cogs in the machine of that same progress. This spirituality practice wrests our egos from this false logic and reveals our interconnectedness to and responsibility for our neighbor. In chapter four, I synthesize the thought of Alison and Merton and offer a framework for an ecclesiology and a spirituality of humble discovery and prophetic accompaniment that work to open us to God’s grace and the resulting conversion. I apply this framework to rural, working-class, and White communities—focusing especially on my own hometown—offering a reflection on how the application of these might facilitate a conversion within these communities and counter the racial resentment and polarization that uniquely impacts these communities. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Theology.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-06-01T13:20:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 sibeliuscefaspereira.pdf: 2004097 bytes, checksum: 08c5bba2bd6b09f5586fdee9459a1807 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-02T12:57:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 sibeliuscefaspereira.pdf: 2004097 bytes, checksum: 08c5bba2bd6b09f5586fdee9459a1807 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-02T12:57:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 sibeliuscefaspereira.pdf: 2004097 bytes, checksum: 08c5bba2bd6b09f5586fdee9459a1807 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-18 / O trabalho propõe-se a aprofundar o tema da vida contemplativa em Thomas Merton, reconhecendo que a categoria contemplação, mais do que um tema foi um eixo em torno do qual girou toda a sua obra. A tese central é a de que Merton reinaugura um caminho místico e contemplativo de busca e encontro com Deus no tempo e na história. A Realidade divina e a realidade humana como realidades convergentes. Na primeira parte abordou-se o tema da contemplação como experiência de plenitude de vida em três direções: a relação contemplação, escrita e vida; mediações da contemplação; lugares privilegiados da experiência contemplativa. Na segunda parte abordou-se a perspectiva da contemplação no tempo e na história, assim direcionados: o tempo de Merton; seu diálogo com a cultura, a sociedade e a teologia; a relação contemplação e compaixão; e, por fim, a relação contemplação e ação profética, aprofundando sobre temáticas sociais. Assim, entende-se que na mística cristã, contemplação e ação, transcendência e imanência são realidades interdependentes. Nesse sentido, o itinerarium de Thomas Merton é dos mais expressivos, ao traduzir uma ideia de contemplação não como fuga do mundo e sim como experiência no tempo. / The work intends to deep the contemplative life in Thomas Merton, recognizing the contemplation category like one focal theme around that all his work turned. The central thesis is that Merton re-inaugurates a mystical and contemplative path of search and meet with God in times and history. The divine Reality and de human reality like convergences realities. The first part discusses the subject of contemplation like a plenty life experience in three directions: contemplation, write and life relationships; contemplation mediations; privileged places of contemplation. The second part discusses a perspective of contemplation in times and history, thus structured: the Merton‟s time; his dialogue with culture, society and theology; contemplation and compassion relationship; and, finally, contemplation and prophetic action relationship, deeping about social themes. Thus, the research understands that Christian mystic, contemplations and action, transcendency and imannency, are interdependent realities. In that sense, the Thomas Merton itinerarium it‟s one of more expressive, since the contemplation ideia is understands no like escape of world but like experience in times.

Master of Science / Department of Statistics / James Neill / In financial mathematics, asset prices for European options are often modeled according to the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) model, a stochastic differential equation (SDE) depending on unknown parameters. A derivation of the solution to this SDE is reviewed, resulting in a stochastic process called geometric Brownian motion (GBM) which depends on two unknown real parameters referred to as the drift and volatility. For additional insight, the BSM equation is expressed as a heat equation, which is a partial differential equation (PDE) with well-known properties. For American options, it is established that asset value can be characterized as the solution to an obstacle problem, which is an example of a free boundary PDE problem. One approach for estimating the parameters in the GBM solution to the BSM model can be based on the method of maximum likelihood. This approach is discussed and applied to a dataset involving the weekly closing prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average between January 2012 and December 2012.

Chan Pui Fun Doris. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-111). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.i-iii / Abstract --- p.iv-vi / Table of Contents --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1-10 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- An Examination of William H. Shannon's view on Merton / Chapter Section I --- The Significance of Shannon --- p.11-17 / Chapter Section II --- Shannon's Interpretation on Merton --- p.18-28 / Chapter Section III --- A Proposal --- p.29-37 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Merton's Theology ´ؤ From a Potential Christ to a Kenotic Christ / Chapter Section I --- Contemplation and Action as Identity-Searching --- p.38-41 / Chapter Section II --- A Child of God: The Original Identity when a Human Being was Created --- p.42-58 / Chapter Section III --- A Potential Christ: The Present Identity when a Human Being is Born --- p.59-67 / Chapter Section IV --- A Kenotic Christ: The Present Identity when a Human Being Wills to Choose to Be --- p.68-91 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- A Re-interpretation of Merton's life --- p.92-102 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.103-104 / Bibliography --- p.105-111

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Thesis (M.T.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1987. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-76).