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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-150-#01
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Titel
1961-11-21, TLS Burdick to Merton, 'With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much'
Datum(s)
- 1961 November 21 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
2 page(s); Typed signed letter.
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Jeanne Burdick was working in physical medicine and rehabilitation at a veterans' hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Her agnosticism had left her feeling empty but had trouble accepting religious and mystical thought and asks Merton for help in explaining his religious experience.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
First lines: "With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much less written"... Contents index: Sigmund Freud / agnosticism / explanation of Merton's quote from «The Seven Storey Mountain» about the "disinterested love of God".
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Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Burdick, Jeanne