Identificatie
Soort entiteit
Persoon
Geauthoriseerde naam
Keithahn, Ralph Richard
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Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
- Keithahn, Ralph Richard, 1898-
Aandere naamsvormen
- Ralph R. Keithahn
- R. R. Keithahn
- Keithahn, R. R.
- Ralph Richard Keithahn
- Keithahn, Ralph R.
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Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
1898-
Geschiedenis
Born in Minnesota, Ralph Keithahn began as a missionary and social worker in 1925. He was influenced by Gandhi and the movement for the Indian national movement. He later cut ties with the missionary societies of the United States, adopted traditional Indian garb, and lived in an ashram in South India. A contemporary of Bede Griffiths, he similarly drew on both Christian monasticism and the ashram tradition of India. He was a Benedictine oblate when he died. He writes to Merton from the Sarvodaya Ashram.