Dale Van Meter asks for some of Merton's feedback for a paper entitled, "Changing Values in Religion in America since 1945 as Seen in Some Writings of This Time." Merton writes about the interplay between the importance of contemplation and the need to address contemporary problems.
The Rev. Dale L. Van Meter writes from Medfield, Massachusetts. He was working on a Masters degree in Social Work from Boston College at the time of writing to Merton.
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1963/11/24 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter: I do not know exactly what I can do for you in a short space. |
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1964/09/12 |
TALS to Merton |
You noted in your letter to me of last autumn, in regard to the paper I was engaged in writing, that |
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