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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean".
Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto was a Christian disciple of Gandhi who founded the Ark communities (Communautés de l'Arche) in France in the 1940's. They were committed to peace, non-violence and living a self-sustaining lifestyle that was not damaging to the environment or exploitative of other people.
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See also the "Lanza del Vasto, Chanterelle" and "Schou, August" files.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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1968/05/06 |
TALS to Merton |
It was a great pity that I did not meet you the last time I went to the States. My friends |
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asking Merton's help in nominating Vinoba Bhave for the Nobel Peace Prize - his work in India and its relation to the non-violence movement and Gandhi
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1968/07/11 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Please forgive my long delay in answering your letter. You can understand that as a recluse without |
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Merton wrote letter to August Schou of the Nobel Prize committee on behalf of Vinoba Bhave - will remind people that "the death of Dr Martin Luther King was not in vain" and that non-violence is not a failed proposition
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