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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Champney, Katharine

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966

Volume: 2 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Mrs. Katharine Champney writes from Cincinnati, Ohio, in response to "Apologies to an Unbeliever", published in the November 1966 issue of Harper's Magazine (and later appeared with a related article in the book Faith and Violence).

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Related Information and Links

See published letter from Merton to Champney in Witness to Freedom, pp. 327-329; see also 1966/11/11 entry about Champney from his journals, published in Learning to Love, pp. 158-159; and see also the "McKervey, Henry A." file.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1966/11/07 TLSto MertonPlease excuse the (contrived) confusion of my salutation. However, the crossed-out titles certainly  dislikes organized religion in any form - feels a kinship with Merton after reading "Apologies to an Unbeliever" he wrote for <u>Harper's</u> magazine / does Merton truly appreciates the isolation and lack of security in not believing? / has not heard/seen God - is there no God? / does it matter or change things if she believes?
 1966/11/10 TL[c]from MertonYou talk a bit like my other friend Catharine with a C who is one of the editors at Harpers.Yes "Believing is not only <u>not seeing</u> but it is also a staunch refusal to say you see what you don't see." / on not seeing God either and being as "alone in the Void" - only difference is that Merton is "happy with traditional religious concepts" as a tool - also sees they "ultimately go nowhere" / feels "more at home with unbelievers"
        

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