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Dilemmas of Religious Professional, Part 2, 1971 February 10
In this lecture, Thurman considers the challenges facing those who must simultaneously be religious experts and persons involved in the experience of leading a religious life. The dilemma of incessantly performing priestly duties, he shows, demands that public demonstrations of spiritual competence be exhibited in the service of “needy humanity” even as the professional works out one’s private formation. Thurman emphasizes, however, that intimacy with communities must not come at the expense of inward encounters with the divine but through the inward spiritual life that inspires “yearning and outreach” for human connection.
Part of the Collection, Dilemmas of the Religious Professional, Hester Lecture Series (1971, Golden Gate Seminary, Strawberry, CA)
Tags: calling, dilemma, discipline, Hester Lecture, minister, mission, mysterium in society, public and private prayer, religious authority, religious experience, religious leadership, religious living, religious professional, spiritual authenticity, spiritual consumer, the priestly role
Description by Dr. Tim Rainey
Recorded in Golden Gate Seminary, Strawberry, California
Citation: Thurman, Howard, “Dilemmas of Religious Professional, Part 2, 1971 February 10,” The Howard Thurman Digital Archive, accessed July 9, 2024, https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/256.
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By Howard Thurman (Uploaded by Duncan Hamra)In this lecture, Thurman considers the challenges facing those who must simultaneously be religious experts and persons involved in the experience of leading a religious life. The dilemma of incessantly performing priestly duties, he shows, demands that public demonstrations of spiritual competence be exhibited in the service of “needy humanity” even as the professional works out one’s private formation. Thurman emphasizes, however, that intimacy with communities must not come at the expense of inward encounters with the divine but through the inward spiritual life that inspires “yearning and outreach” for human connection.
Part of the Collection, Dilemmas of the Religious Professional, Hester Lecture Series (1971, Golden Gate Seminary, Strawberry, CA)
Tags: calling, dilemma, discipline, Hester Lecture, minister, mission, mysterium in society, public and private prayer, religious authority, religious experience, religious leadership, religious living, religious professional, spiritual authenticity, spiritual consumer, the priestly role
Description by Dr. Tim Rainey
Recorded in Golden Gate Seminary, Strawberry, California
Citation: Thurman, Howard, “Dilemmas of Religious Professional, Part 2, 1971 February 10,” The Howard Thurman Digital Archive, accessed July 9, 2024, https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/show/256.