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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Brown, John B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Brown, John B.".

Biography

John B. Brown was a student at Union Theological Seminary in New York at the time of his writing to Merton (Source: The Road to Joy, p. 369).

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Related Information and Links

See published letter from Merton to John B. Brown in The Road to Joy, p. 369.

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/07/25 TLSto MertonI am reading your book, <u>Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander</u>, which I find both informative andYes C. S. Lewis and Merton / thesis topic - race relations - possibility of racial war or apartheid / could race war be carried out in the name of Christianity by white racists?
 1968/08/07 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your kind letter. I am certainly happy to think that so sound a judge as C.S.Lewis foundYes possibility of racial violence and apartheid police state - suggests writing to John Howard Griffin on this subject
        

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