The Scarlet Thread: Robert Lax and Charity, 1941–1945
Robert Lax is best known for his friendship with Thomas Merton but is himself an important figure within twentieth-century Catholicism. Recently, a series of publications has made Lax's life and literary legacy better known. At least one period in Lax's life admits of further study: the ye...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
Year: 2025, Volume: 111, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lax, Robert 1915-2000
/ Friendship House
/ Love
/ Charitable works
/ History 1941-1945
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology RK Charity work |
| Further subjects: | B
Robert Lax
B Catherine De Hueck (Doherty) B Paul Hanly Furfey B Friendship House Harlem B Catholic Action B Thomas Merton B Helmut Kuhn |
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| Summary: | Robert Lax is best known for his friendship with Thomas Merton but is himself an important figure within twentieth-century Catholicism. Recently, a series of publications has made Lax's life and literary legacy better known. At least one period in Lax's life admits of further study: the years 1941–1945. During this period, Lax met Catherine De Hueck (Doherty), worked at Friendship House Harlem, met Paul Hanly Furfey and utilized him as a spiritual advisor, became a Roman Catholic, and began but did not finish a dissertation on charity as the form of the virtues in Thomas Aquinas under the direction of the important German-born philosopher Helmut Kuhn. Previously unknown documents allow a better appreciation of all these events in Lax's life and their connection to his later life and writing. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2025.a952945 |
