Episode 31: Contemplation and Action

June 24, 2021 00:47:53
Episode 31: Contemplation and Action
Latter-day Contemplation
Episode 31: Contemplation and Action

Jun 24 2021 | 00:47:53

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Riley Risto

Show Notes

In this episode, Riley and Christopher tackle the question of the actionability of Christian contemplation, given the fact that it is often misunderstood as mere navel gazing. In the spirit of the saying of the great Sufi, Algazel, who wrote that, “Knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity,” Christopher and Riley make a case for the conjunction of contemplation and action as each side of this seeming pair of opposites is incomplete without the other.

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