Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Barr, Ernest E." file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/June/24 

Series:    

Type:  TLS - Typed signed letter.

To/From:  to Merton from "Barr, Ernest E."-->

# of pages:  5

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First Lines:  "Thank you for your form letter on Father Davis and authoritarianism in the Church; also for your"

Contents:  philosophical argument in Barr's book The Paradoxical Church / argues "the institutional Church is itself a form of idolatry; and this makes institutionalized religion a living paradox… the agent of Christ [and of] the anti-Christ" / all institutions are bad, including families / sacraments / upaya / Zen

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Barr, Ernest E.:"    1967/June/24