MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lutz, Rupert A., Fr., O.F.M.
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Fr. Rupert Lutz writes to dispute Merton's characterizations of army chaplains in Vietnam as overly nationalistic in support of the war. He goes on to defend the position of the United States in the Vietnam War and to criticize statements made by Thich Nhât Hanh.
Biography
Fr. Rupert A. Lutz was a United States Army chaplain and Franciscan priest who had served in Vietnam. He writes from San Francisco, California.
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See also one published letter from Merton to Lutz in Witness to Freedom, pp. 119-120.
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