File 53 - Draft of Life of the Beloved

1.7 cm of textual records

File consists of one draft of The Life of the Beloved by Nouwen. This draft contains two copies of a letter from Nouwen from September 27, 1991 on Daybreak letterhead, in which Nouwen explains why he wrote the manuscripts and what Fred Bratman thought of it. Nouwen writes "Fred was quite positive about the manuscript and felt that much of what I had written was very helpful, but he also was very clear that the manuscript presupposed too much and that many important questions secular people have were not touched at all." For this reason, Nouwen says that he has decided to do a lot more work on the manuscript, and he informs the readers of the letter that "the book will take a lot more work to finish and that I am committed to doing it."

Title based on contents of the file.
Cover page of typescript contains post-it with note: "Connie's copy for making further ones. DO NOT REMOVE."
This manuscript was likely written with the influence of Nouwen's earlier work on Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given. (See Henri Nouwen fonds - Manuscripts - Books and Articles - Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given.)
2007 56 (8).

Revised by L Joson, 8 November 2018