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Merton's Correspondence with:

Fr. Dave Casey, M.M.

Casey, Dave, Fr., M.M.  printer

 
 

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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Biography

Fr. Dave Casey mentions in his letter, written from the guest house at Gethsemani, that he has spent the past seven years in Japan after receiving a doctorate from Harvard University in Oriental Religions. He was a colleague of other Catholic experts on Buddhism like Fr. Heinrich Dumoulin, S.J., and Fr. Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle.

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See also "Dumoulin, Heinrich" file.

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1. 1968/04/23 HLS to Merton I should begin by introducing myself. I am a Maryknoll Father, who has lived in Japan for the past English translations of German works by Dumoulin and Lasalle / asks Merton about the future of Christianity in Asia - can it be de-Hellenized, is Paul Tillich correct in seeing dialogue with non-Christian religions as the future of Christian theology, and is there an "imperative confrontation" between east-west monastic traditions? «detailed view»

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