Contemplation and the Unreal World (Why Contemplation is Revolutionary, Part Three)

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This is part of a series. If you’re just joining the conversation, begin withThe Archbishop and the Community Theologianand then proceed toWhy Contemplation is Revolutionary (Part One)and (Part Two).

Today we’re looking at the third of ten points drawn from what Archbishop Rowan Williams and Father Kenneth Leech have said about contemplation. Today’s point, quoting the archbishop directly: contemplation is “the only ultimate answer to the unreal and insane world that our...