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The following articles consider the role of friendship, conversation, and civility in renewal.
Phyllis Alsdurf reviews Krista Tippett's Speaking of Faith (Books and Culture, March/April, 2008). In the book, Tippett, a public radio host reflects on the healing which comes through person-to-person conversations. "Something magical happens in a real conversation, where people bring the clearest words they can muster, and the most natural, to matter and meaning. Paradoxically, what is most personal also lands in other ears as most universal."
Not a Synod but a Salon
by Aaron Belz (Christian History) On a frozen evening in 1783, in an upper room of a London pub, John Newton met with fellow citizens from different strains of Christianity to discuss important issues in a relaxed setting. Aaron Belz discusses the enduring cultural consequences of this group of friends gathering at a table - Bible open - pursuing significant questions "in a familiar manner of expression." |
