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Merton's Correspondence with:

Fr. Benjamin Clark

Clark, Benjamin, Fr., O.C.S.O.  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967
Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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Biography

Fr. Benjamin Clark was a monk of Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. He was a novice with Merton and later served as one of his censors. (Source: The School of Charity, pp. 336.)

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See also on published letter from Merton to Fr. Benjamin Clark in The School of Charity, pp. 336-337.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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1. 1967/05/31 TLS to Merton I'm returning the manuscript of Faith and Violence, and have sent off the nihil obstat to the Faith and Violence - suggests a chapter on Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter / contrast between JFK and LBJ - sacrifice of "New Frontier" vs. self-interest of "Great Society" / Mepkin abbot's interest in ecumenism - Lutheran and Anglican days / trip to Taize / loss of monks at Mepkin / signed "Banjo-man" «detailed view»
2. 1967/06/30 TL[c] from Merton Thanks for the return of the ms: yes, you are right that the publisher takes care of style, spelling Faith and Violence - getting out of date already with Israeli Arab conflict / Alliluyeva and her writing style / President Johnson - "an operator and something of an opportunist" / Vietnam / Walter Lippmann / losing monks because the Order is "neither real strict and interior or real open and free wheeling" «detailed view»

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