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In this seventh sermon on the prophets, Thurman highlights two points found in the prophet Jeremiah. Firstly, Jeremiah presents us with the problem of history and responsibility. Often we think our actions as our own, set into motion by our own agency, but in truth we act as a result of processes unfathomable to us. What then is the place of responsibility when it seems we have no control? Thurman does not answer this question, but simply ponders. Secondly, Thurman says that Jeremiah spiritualizes religion in a groundbreaking way for his time. In Jeremiah we find that religion is not confined to a holy place, or people, or ritual – rather God is in the heart. God is found in the force that sustains our lives at the root, speaking to us through the voice of our own hearts, and the wisdom of our own bodies.Item Relations
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