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Hoyt asks Merton to write a book review on Mircea Eliade's From Primitives to Zen and Rosemary Haughton's Transformation of Man. They also discuss Martin Marty's open letter to Merton concerning Seeds of Destruction and Merton's response. The two men also have a humorous discussion about "the horrors of baldness" after Hoyt sees photos of Merton taken by John Lyons.
Bob Hoyt writes as Editor of the National Catholic Reporter from Kansas City, Missouri.
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1967/07/03 |
TLS to Merton |
This is to ask whether you would undertake a review (or, better, a notice) of Mircea Eliade' FROM |
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1967/07/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am afraid this review of Eliade is more "full scale" than you wanted, but I kept it as close to |
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«detailed view» |
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1967/07/28 |
TLS to Merton |
As an average reader I doubt that I'd find the book interesting, but your review certainly is. |
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1967/08/21 |
TLS to Merton |
Martin Marty's column for our next issue takes the form of an open letter addressed to you, |
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1967/08/24 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Your special delivery of Aug. 21 reached me yesterday and I was happy to read Martin Marty's open |
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1967/08/29 |
TLS to Merton |
Many thanks for the reply to MM. It arrived in time to be used in the same issue, but the people |
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1967/09/20 |
TALS to Merton |
Hugh Garvey of Templegate has suggested you as a reviewer of Rosemary Haughton's |
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1967/12/28 |
TALS to Merton |
Thanks for your letter. We plan to run it in our issue of January 10 along with a couple of other |
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1968/01/02 |
TLS to Merton |
What we got was, as I said, a hint. Brother John Lyons sent us some photographs of you and said |
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1968/01/20 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for the issue with all our letters. That was a lively page, and the one opposite it also. |
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1968/03/20 |
TLS[x] from Passelecq, Paul |
First of all I want to introduce myself: Father Paul G. Passelecq, benedictine monk of Maredsous, |
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[Fr. Paul Passelecq was a Benedictine monk of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium]
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1968/03/29 |
TLS[c] to Passelecq, Paul |
We are happy to grant you permission to translate and reproduce Father Merton's letter. |
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