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Canadian Philosophy and Theology professor and former Catholic Monk Dr. Sean J. McGrath examines how to practice contemplative Christianity in the secular age.

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Canadian Philosophy and Theology professor and former Catholic Monk Dr. Sean J. McGrath examines how to practice contemplative Christianity in the secular age.

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    S3E6 Secular Christ | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, invisible Christianity and it's church

    S3E6 Secular Christ | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, invisible Christianity and it's church

    In the final episode of this season of searching for the seeds of Secular Christianity, we travel to the 20th century to learn from the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
    We explore his concept of religionless Christianity which developed as he sat imprisoned in Berlin by the Nazi regime for his resistance, and before his execution. McGrath continues to link back to Augustines idea of the invisible church and coins the term invisible Christianity. 

    • 37 min
    S3E5 Secular Christ | Living without a why

    S3E5 Secular Christ | Living without a why

    What Meister Eckhart learnt, and we can learn, from The Beguines.

    • 19 min
    S3E5 Secular Christ | Meister Eckhart & Beguine Mysticism

    S3E5 Secular Christ | Meister Eckhart & Beguine Mysticism

    S3E5 Secular Christ | Meister Eckhart & Beguine Mysticism.

    • 21 min
    S3E4 Secular Christ | Clement of Alexandria

    S3E4 Secular Christ | Clement of Alexandria

    In this episode we travel back in time to the city of Alexandria, the cultural Mecca of the Roman Empire to learn from the Christian theologian and philosopher Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD), about how to build resilience in our present age.
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    • 25 min
    S3E3 Secular Christ | Christian humanism

    S3E3 Secular Christ | Christian humanism

    We need to reclaim the future for Christian consciousness, and to recognize that the first Christians were looking towards the future, looking towards the fruition of something. They were not commemorating something that was past. They were actually witnessing something that is coming to be. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity.
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    • 27 min
    S3E2 Secular Christ | The glory of God is man fully alive

    S3E2 Secular Christ | The glory of God is man fully alive

    The Christian teaching is that we are not yet human. We are on the way towards humanity. Humanity is still to come.
    - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity.
    The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - RAINBOW

    • 15 min

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littlegale ,

Fascinating and Intriguing!

Sean J. McGrath's interview with Wipf and Stock Publishers on the Theology Mill podcast and his thoughts and insights shared here on the Secular Christ podcast is fascinating and intriguing!

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