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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Clark, Benjamin, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Clark, Benjamin, Fr., O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Fr. Benjamin Clark was a monk of Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. He was a novice with Merton and later served as one of his censors. (Source: The School of Charity, pp. 336.)

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Related Information and Links

See also on published letter from Merton to Fr. Benjamin Clark in The School of Charity, pp. 336-337.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/05/31 TLSto MertonI'm returning the manuscript of <u>Faith and Violence</u>, and have sent off the nihil obstat to the  <i>Faith and Violence</i> - suggests a chapter on Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter / contrast between JFK and LBJ - sacrifice of "New Frontier" vs. self-interest of "Great Society" / Mepkin abbot's interest in ecumenism - Lutheran and Anglican days / trip to Taize / loss of monks at Mepkin / signed "Banjo-man"
 1967/06/30 TL[c]from MertonThanks for the return of the ms: yes, you are right that the publisher takes care of style, spellingYes <i>Faith and Violence</i> - getting out of date already with Israeli Arab conflict / Alliluyeva and her writing style / President Johnson - "an operator and something of an opportunist" / Vietnam / Walter Lippmann / losing monks because the Order is "neither real strict and interior or real open and free wheeling"
        

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