MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Northbourne, Lord, 1896-1982
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965-1967
Volume: 12 item(s); 23 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Northbourne, Lord".
Biography
Lord Northbourne, born Walter Ernest Christopher James, was the 4th Baron Northbourne, residing in Deal, Kent, England. Lord Northbourne began as an agronomist, serving as Provost of Wye College of University of London. After reading Marco Pallis, he became involved in the Traditionalist / Perennialist movement of writers. Northbourne sometimes used the nom de plume of Sidi Nuh. Pallis in turn suggested that he send Merton a copy of his book, Religion in the Modern World. Merton sent him back a copy of his response to the document of the Second Vatican Council entitled, Gaudium et Spes (the Church in the Modern World). Merton's essay, later incorporated into Redeeming the Time, was called "The Church and the 'Godless' World". (Sources: Witness to Freedom.; and "Northbourne, Lord". World Wisdom Books (website). 6 Jan. 2006. ‹http://worldwisdom.com/author/Detail.asp?AuthorID=43&WhatType=2›.)
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See also the "Pallis, Marco" and "Lings, Martin" files for other Traditionalist / Perennialist writers; and see also published letters from Merton to Lord Northbourne in Witness to Freedom, pp. 312-319. All but one letter of the exchange (the outstanding letter having been summarized), is included in the book, Religion in the Modern World. The same letters were reprinted in another book by the same publisher,
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