Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Douglass, James Wilson, 1937-"

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Title: Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Douglass, James Wilson, 1937-"
Creator: Douglass, James Wilson, 1937-; Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Contributor: Douglass, James Wilson
Biographical Text: 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 friend of Daniel Berrigan and Dorothy Day. He served as a theological advisor on conscientious objection and nuclear war at the Second Vatican Council. He first met Merton while a professor at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky.
Date: 1965, 1967, 1983
Item: 37 item(s)
Folder: 1 folder(s)
Relation: See also letters published in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 159-67; and see also an unabridged version of the 17 April 1967 letter published in Signs of Hope, pp. 64-5.
Publisher: http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti%3AHidden+Ground+of+Love; http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=no%3A(1246675112)
Level: Record Group: Section A, Correspondence; Sub-Group/sub-section by person in correspondence with Merton. Records arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Identifier: Section A (Correspondence), File folder: "Douglass, James Wilson, 1937-"
Other Finding Aids: http://www.merton.org/Research/Correspondence/y1.aspx?id=542
Page: 47 page(s)
Tag: Correspondence
Subject: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Correspondence.
Rights: Copyright The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved. Photographs copyright of the Merton Legacy Trust. Not to be used without written permission.

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1967-07-05: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1967 July 5
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton discussing recent articles by Merton.
1967-06-16: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1967 June 16
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton regarding Merton's article in Fellowship.
1967-03-29: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1967 March 29
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton.
1965-12-07: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 December 7
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton.
1965-11-16: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 November 16
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton.
1965-11-03: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 November 3
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton regarding a newspaper account of self-immolation at the Pentagon.
1965-10-03: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 October 3
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton discussing meetings in Rome (re: Second Vatican Council)
1965-10-24: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 October 24 [date written on letter (1965 September 24) was confirmed by Douglass likely to be in error]
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton discussing a visit and politics.
1965-07-06: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 July 6
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton discussing a visit.
1965-06-19: Letter from James Douglass to Thomas Merton. 1965 June 19
Correspondence with James Douglass who was known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. Letter to Merton discussing an upcoming visit to to the Abbey, and planning travel to Vietnam and trying to gain a papal audience.