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Is modern life pulling us away from the “real world” and the spiritual realities God intended?
Can asceticism, obedience, and attentiveness to the physical world help us embrace our incarnational faith more fully?
In this week's video, I consider some of the possible implications that the "virtual" nature of the modern technological world have on the incarnational nature of our Orthodox Christian faith. These video essays are inspired by my reading of Paul Kingsnorth’s Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity.
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📙 FREE eBOOK on the wisdom of modern Orthodox elders:
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🐰 You Are Not A Machine/Gadfly Academy
New channel! Cultural criticism from an Orthodox Christian perspective:
youtube.com/@Herman_Middleton
Is modern life pulling us away from the “real world” and the spiritual realities God intended?
Can asceticism, obedience, and attentiveness to the physical world help us embrace our incarnational faith more fully?
In this week's video, I consider some of the possible implications that the "virtual" nature of the modern technological world have on the incarnational nature of our Orthodox Christian faith. These video essays are inspired by my reading of Paul Kingsnorth’s Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity.
Please join us for our methodical book study on the Gadfly Academy YT channel: youtube.com/@Herman_Middleton/streams
AND our thematic book study here on the Protecting Veil YT channel, where I will be livestreaming most Monday evenings at 7:30pm (EST), and considering these themes in light of Orthodox Christian teaching.
I hope you will join us as we work our way through Kingsnorth's book!
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To learn more about Paul Kingsnorth:
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"The Cross And The Machine": paulkingsnorth.net/cross
🖇️ LET'S CONNECT!
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Website: protectingveil.com
#orthodoxy #easternorthodoxy #orthodoxchurch #easternorthodox #orthodoxchristian #PaulKingsnorth #OrthodoxChristianity #AgainstTheMachine #Modernity #Technology
