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Breadline outside the Catholic Worker Office, ca. 1937

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Image of men standing in the breadline outside the Catholic Worker Charity House on Mott Street in New York

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Thomas Merton Correspondence with Jim Douglass

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Jim Douglass is known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. He was a…

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Thomas Merton and the Catholic Worker

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A selection of unpublished articles written by Thomas Merton for The Catholic Worker between 1954 and 1968. Also included are...

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Thomas Merton's notes on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Bonhoeffer's critique of medieval monasticism

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Notes on the following books by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethik ("Ethics") and Widerstand und Ergebung (his letters and papers from prison).

Audio excerpt on Easter from Merton Recordings #187 Tr-2a-3 - Easter homily.

"Graph of my work. Feb. 6, 1967." Thomas Merton's evaluation of his own books.

Thomas Merton rates his published books in varying degrees from "Awful" to "Best."

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