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Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1965 November 2 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
First lines: "I have read your long letter carefully, and sympathize with you. I wonder if you are aware that"... Contents index: more in the Church and at the Second Vatican Council are seeing the value of Teilhard de Chardin, and that "He needs no saving, he is about as 'in' as one can be with the avant garde... the others will come round." / there is still suffering ahead and Chardin indicates the proper spirit to face this in «Divine Milieu».
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Conditions of access and use elements
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Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Languages of the material
- Engels