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URL:https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/events/medieval-christian-philosophy
 -research-lecture/
SUMMARY:Medieval Meditation and Embodied Contemplation | Medieval Christian
  Philosophy Research Lecture
DESCRIPTION:"Medieval Meditation and Embodied Contemplation"\n\nGuest Speak
 er: Christina Van Dyke\, Columbia University\n\nLocation: Eddy Hall\, Room
  200\n\nContemplative practices (such as meditation\, close reading of sac
 red texts\, and prayer) are demanding as well as rewarding - they ask for 
 our focus and commitment as we move between theory and practice\, understa
 nding and implementation. Often\, the body is seen as a distraction from t
 his process rather than as an integral part of it. Yet the 'affective' Chr
 istian contemplative tradition developed in the Middle Ages begins from th
 e belief that God became embodied in part to better relate to human beings
  and our earthly struggles. The idea of meeting people where they are is c
 entral to this tradition: the medieval meditations genre encourages its pr
 actitioners not to ignore their senses and imagination but rather to activ
 ely engage them to deepen love for - and thus understanding of - God. As I
  show\, using examples of texts and images from the 14-15th centuries deve
 loped for this purpose\, the result is an understanding of contemplation a
 s accessible to everyone (not just the intellectual or religious elites) a
 nd grounded in the love that unites us with God and each other.\n\nEvent c
 ontact: kenneth.shockley@colostate.edu\n\n&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:College of Liberal Arts Featured Events
LOCATION:Eddy 200\, Colorado State University\, Fort Collins\, CO\, 80523\,
  United States
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