File 6 - The Plough Publishing House

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CA ON00389 C3-6-1-6

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The Plough Publishing House

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  • 1994-1995 (Creation)

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1.5 cm of textual records

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File consists of correspondence between Nouwen and Claire Stober and Christopher Zimmerman at The Plough Publishing House regarding an introduction written by Nouwen for Arnold Heinrich’s Discipleship and a request for an endorsement of Eberhard Arnold’s Why We Live in Community which is included in the file along with his pamphlet “The Challenge of True Community: Thomas Merton”. Also in the file are biographical sketches of Heinrich Arnold and extracts of his material; a letter from Steve [Mercer?] regarding political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, accompanied by an E.L. Doctorow opinion piece titled “From Here to Death Row” and the July/August 1995 edition of The Plough featuring writing by Abu-Jamal; a confidential request from Stober regarding Abu-Jamal publishing advice; and a copy of a foreword written by Mother Teresa for J. Christoph Arnold’s book A Plea for Purity.

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      File contains Nouwen’s personal correspondence.
      Some records contain annotations in pen by Nouwen.

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      97-6

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      Added by T Wong, 15 March 2021

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