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“. . . For the ancients, to meditate is to read a text and to learn it "by heart" in the fullest sense of this expression, that is, with one's whole being: with the body, since the mouth pronounced it, with the memory which fixes it, with the intelligence which understands its meaning, and with the will which desires to put it into practice. . . .”
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture (1961)
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on Down Syndrome & the Lives That Matter by David F. Watson
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Contours of Culture
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Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Value by Julian Johnson
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22.8 — November/December 2009
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32.4 — July/August, 2019
Then They Will Come for Us
Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, The Pastor Who Defied the Nazis by Matthew D. Hockenos
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32.4 — July/August, 2019
Novel Conversion
Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard
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32.3 — May/June, 2019
Shame & Redemption
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam
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32.5 — September/October, 2019
Healing East & West
The Orthodox Reality: Culture, Theology, and Ethics in the Modern World
by Vigen Guroian
A review by John G. Panagiotou
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