Tag: vita contemplative
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Imago Dei and the Material World (Part 2)
Yesterday I presented the "spirit/mind versus material world" dualism within Christianity. I showed how it impacts our understanding of the imago Dei, the image of God. This dualism is not a recent development. It extends back to the beginning of the Church. The Hebrew world knew little of these dualisms, but once the Church entered…
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Miroslav Volf on Theology of Work
I'm presently reading Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work by Miroslav Volf. The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the contemporary world of work, and the second deals with developing Volf's theology of work. I loved these opening paragraphs from the second section (all emphases in the…