Description
This recording is a part of a wider series of conversations from September to October of 1980 where Howard Thurman met with a variety of young men and women who were discerning their calling to ministry. Thurman poses the intent of this group as an opportunity to "open up for one's self the moving, vital, creative push of God, while God is still disguised in the movement of God's self." This recording opens with one student's reflection on the inner life, which is followed by a discussion on dualism, in relation to the inner life, from Thurman. Thurman explores the tension between the outer life and the inner life, religion and superstition, and the practical and the theoretical. Speaking to these examples of dualism, Thurman notes that dualism as "a padding, a shield, to keep us from the naked exposure to the spirit of God."
Creator
Thurman, Howard
Date
1980-09-20
Contributor
Description by Dustin Mailman
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 2019.
Original Title
Conversations with Howard Thurman (parts 5 and 6), 1980 Sep 19-21
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| This Item | is continued in | Item: Conversations with Howard Thurman, September 1980, Parts 5 and 6, Side B |