Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J., 1921-2016" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/October/10 (#01)

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Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J., 1921-2016"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  Signs of Hope & The Hidden Ground of Love

First Lines:  "Reaction to the airmail special about Phil and the group that wants to get violent. This will help"

Contents:  reaction to Philip Berrigan's proposal to use violent means - Che Guevara, Regis Debray - violence against people is definitely off-limits - violence against property gets away from Gandhi's ideals, starts to get fuzzy morally, but Merton does not rule it out; however, will it undermine the real message behind peace movement

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J., 1921-2016:"    1967/October/10 (#01)