MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dumoulin, Heinrich, Fr., S.J., 1905-1995
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1964
Volume: 10 item(s); 15 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Dumoulin, Heinrich, Fr., S.J.".
Biography
Fr. Heinrich Dumoulin was a Jesuit priest, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and a scholar of the history of Zen Buddhism. In the mid-seventies, he was the founder and first director of the Nanzen Institute for Religion and Culture.
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See also published letters from Merton to Dumoulin in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 170-174; and see also the "Johnston, William" file for another Zen scholar at Sophia University. See also Series 13 of the "Fox, James" file for a letter from Merton's abbot to the Trappist abbot general concerning Merton's proposed trip to Japan.
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