Contemplation & Monotheism
James Alison
Alison's 2003 Julianfest address, on 'the Indispensability of Irrelevance', the development of monotheism in the Hebrew scriptures ('a terrible idea but a wonderful discovery') and the necessity of contemplation in regard to it: 'Monotheism without contemplation is dangerous, and I intend to ponder why this should be so.'
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