Interview with Christine Bochen, December 2, 2005
Project: Morgan C. Atkinson Documentary Interviews: Soul Searching, The Journey of Thomas Merton
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Dr. Christine Bochen was interviewed at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York in December 2004. Bochen discusses Thomas Merton's path to entering Gethsemani, his development as a writer, and his value as a social critic and hermit. She also talks about her work editing Merton's journals and using him as a teaching tool in classrooms.Interview Accession
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Bochen, Christine Interview by Morgan C. Atkinson. 02 Dec. 2005. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Bochen, C. (2005, December 02). Interview by M. C. Atkinson. Morgan C. Atkinson Documentary Interviews: Soul Searching, The Journey of Thomas Merton. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Bochen, Christine, interview by Morgan C. Atkinson. December 02, 2005, Morgan C. Atkinson Documentary Interviews: Soul Searching, The Journey of Thomas Merton, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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