ReOrientNation

ReOrientNation

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ReOrientNation episodes

  • Wisdom Beyond Books

    The story of the Wheelright in the Zhuangzi demonstrates the limitation of reading books in the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge. This ancient story also provides a place for beginning to learn both the limitation of reading and the positive use of books on the Eastern Orthodox Way, the Path that leads one toward the riches of divine knowledge and wisdom.

    13 min
  • Ten Images for Reading Chinese Literature
    In this episode, Fr. Symeon employs ten images to explain how to approach ancient Chinese literature, and other kinds of literature, from an Eastern Orthodox Christian perspective. This approach is not primarily aimed at collecting ideas or developing insights in the rational mind, but rather aimed at the purification of the heart and the healing of the soul. 
     
     
     
    Sources mentioned:
     
    St. Justin the Philosopher, “The Second Apology of Justin,” chapter X, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, ed. by Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004), 191-193.
     
    [St.] Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses, trans. by Abraham J. Malherbe Everett Ferguson (New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1978), 62-64. Originally published by Paulist Press.
     
    St. Basil the Great, “Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature,” Frederick Morgan Padelford, Essays on the Study and Use of Poetry by Plutarch and Basil the Great. Yale Studies in English 15 (1902) pp. 99-120.
     
    St. Gregory Palamas, The Triads, trans. by Nicholas Gendle, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), 28-30. 
     
    All music in these episodes is a production of Generative Sounds  Distribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative Sounds Copyright 2021 - 2023
    30 min
  • Saint Innocent of Alaska

    The work of St. Innocent of Alaska touches the East - Russia, Japan, and China - and the West - North America - especially the territory of Alaska that would become part of the United States. Learn about St. Innocent's life and work in this episode, which includes a biographical paper written by Father Symeon read by James John Marks on Dr. Darren Ong's Christian Saints Podcast. 

    I thank Dr. Darren Ong of Xiamen University in Malaysia and James John Marks for allowing me to include their podcast epidose recording on ReOrientNation.

    35 min
  • A Discussion on Holy Chinese Martyrs, spirituality, and culture

    This is a crossover episode of ReOrientNation and the Christian Saints Podcast run by Dr. Darren Ong, Professor of Mathematics at Xiamen University in Malaysia. In addition to providing the music for the episode, James John Marks also serves as the CSP guest host.

    Christian Saints Podcast: https://christiansaints.buzzsprout.com/

    More music by James John Marks: https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com/

    The Christian Saints Podcast includes the stories of glorified Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church, but also includes the stories of men and women outside of the Orthodox Church who are regarded and commemorated as saints within the Roman Catholic and Anglican communions.

    I'm thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with my friends, Jim and Darren, on this episode focusing on the Eastern Orthodox Chinese Saints, Orthodox spirituality, and culture.

     

     

    1 hr 12 min
  • Promo: Crossover Episode on Orthodox Chinese Saints!

    This is a teaser trailer for an upcoming crossover episode of ReOrientNation and the Christian Saints Podcast, a project of Dr. Darren Ong, Professor of Mathematics at Xiamen University in Malaysia. In this episode, you will hear Jim John Marks and I discuss the story of the Holy Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion and the relationship between Eastern Orthodox mission and culture. 

    2 min
  • An Eastern Orthodox approach to Old Testament interpretation

    The 2,000-year-old Orthodox Church, rooted in the East, is the most ancient Church in the world. In the West, the Holy Scripture is typically approached using an academic religious philosophical method, but academic study can only take one as far as rational and imaginitive ideas *about* God and spirituality, but not to the direct experience of God. The Orthodox Church, which received the Old Testament and both wrote and collected the New Testament texts, approaches the Bible as spiritual Scripture that invites us all into a life-changing experience of divine grace.

    49 min
  • The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Moon Rabbit

    Our family celebrates the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (aka the Moon Festival). Discover the mythological lady on the moon, the Jade Rabbit with her, and how we celebrate this ancient East Asian festival as Eastern Orthodox Christians. 

    11 min

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ReOrientNation is about heading toward the East, toward the sunrise, the direction of renewal and growth. ReOrientNation takes a look at traditional East Asian cultures with reference to Eastern…