MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Yoder, John Howard, 1927-1997
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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967
Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)
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Merton responds to information that John H. Yoder sends about the variety in Catholic positions on war. Merton points out factors that seem to leave no arguments for a "just war" theory. He mentions new trends against war in the Second Vatican Council and some who have reacted against Pope John XXIII and these anti-war sentiments.
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John Howard Yoder was a Mennonite theologian whose writings on Christianity, ethics, politics, and opposition to war, were influential throughout the Christian world.
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