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Who is Br. Christos Jonathan Seth Hayward (thou / thee / thy / thine)? A man, made in the image of God and summoned to ascend to the heights of the likeness of God. A great sinner, and in fact, the chief of sinners. One who is, moment by moment, in each ascetical decision choosing to become one notch more a creature of Heaven, or one notch more a creature of Hell, until his life is spent and his eternal choice between Heaven and Hell is eternally sealed.Man, mediator, midpoint, microcosm, measure: as man he is the recapitulation of the entire spiritual and visible creation, having physical life in common with plants and animals, and noetic life in common with rank upon rank of angel host, and forever in the shadow of that moment when Heaven kissed earth and God and the Son of God became Man and the Son of Man that men and the sons of men might become gods and the sons of God.He's also a writer with a few hobbies, but really, there are more important things in life.
The Black Mirror: An Eastern Orthodox Look at the Dark Side of Technology and Its Best Use: Volume Five: Longer Works was originally published as Hidden Price Tags: An Eastern Orthodox Look at the Dark Side of Technology and Its Best Use: Volume 5: Longer Works Hidden Price Tags Volume 5: Longer Works C.J.S. Hayward C.J.S. Hayward Publications Hidden Price Tags Volume 5: Longer Works is based on the contents of The Luddite's Guide to Technology, but joins others in the Hidden Price Tags series in breaking down the main volume into more manageable and specific topics. Here, the subjects in the original work are expanded upon and embellished with further reflections for those who found Luddite valuable, but wanted more discourse on the topics of Orthodoxy. This reviews such contemporary topics as what constitutes ""woke"" in spiritual circles and what elements could comprise modern sainthood. Each chapter in Volume 5 takes one of Luddite's contentions many steps further, opening the door for discourses that marry traditional Orthodoxy thinking with modern social issues and concerns: ""I see plenty of precedent for this kind of heart-rending plea in Margaret Sanger's wake. Ordinarily when I see such a line of argument, it is to some degree connected with one of the causes Margaret Sanger worked to advance. I am more nebulous on whether the Fathers would have seen such ""compassion"" as how compassion is most truly understood; they were compassionate, but the framework that gave their compassion concrete shape is different from this model."" Also woven into these discussions are step-by-step tips on how to set aside the distancing technology which often interferes with theological objectives: ""If your priest is willing, ask for pastoral guidance in slowly but steadily withdrawing from technologies that hurt you. (Don't try to leap over buildings in one bound. Take one step at a time, and one day at a time.) A good book for this is Tito Colliander, Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth. But better than any book knowledge is the living heart of someone who can guide you out of the Tradition."" The resulting expansion of Orthodoxy considerations, interpretations, and controversies as related to modern conditions and times is highly recommended both for Orthodoxy holdings and spiritual libraries and book reading groups strong in debate and discussion.
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