Application for Conscientious Objector Status - March 1941

The article focuses on conscientious objector and views of American writer Thomas Merton on declaring himself as conscientious objector. Topics discussed include life during world war 2nd, Merton's autobiography book "The Seven Storey Mountain" in which he declared himself as conscien...

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Main Author: Merton, Thomas 1915-1968 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: AMS Press [2015]
In: The Merton annual
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Pages: 24-29
RelBib Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
B United States
B SEVEN Storey Mountain, The (Book)
B PRESIDENTIAL elections
B conscientious objectors
B KENNEDY, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
B World War II
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Summary:The article focuses on conscientious objector and views of American writer Thomas Merton on declaring himself as conscientious objector. Topics discussed include life during world war 2nd, Merton's autobiography book "The Seven Storey Mountain" in which he declared himself as conscientious objector to killing in war while teaching at St. Bonaventure College in New York and presidential election's period of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1960.
ISSN:0894-4857
Contains:Enthalten in: The Merton annual