Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1960/May/02 (#02)

Series:  5  Correspondence from Gethsemani Archives: Dom James Fox with Abbot General Gabriel Sortais.

Type:  transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.

To/From:   from Maritain, Jacques / to Merton 

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "I've carefully considered the advice you wanted of me. I think that in itself, a dialogue like that"

Contents:  [translation of Maritain's letter written 1960/04/18 attached to May 2 letter from Fox to Sortais] interfaith discussion necessary as long as it is not proposing "One Religion is as good as another" / prefers book to article / Erich Fromm good but Paul Tillich not so much Protestantism as "philosophic jumble"

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2004/02/13

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 5:    1960/May/02 (#02)