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Conflicted Community: Aimen Interviews Thomas

2024/7/10
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Thomas Small: 本集节目中,托马斯·斯莫尔回顾了他从福音派基督教背景到皈依东正教,再到在希腊阿索斯山修道院生活,最终选择离开修道院的灵性旅程。他分享了童年经历、对福音派信仰的质疑、对普遍形而上学哲学的探索以及对苏菲主义的接触,这些都促使他转向东正教。在阿索斯山修道院,他经历了严格的修道生活,包括长时间的祈祷、禁食和劳动,并深刻反思了自己的自负和人性。最终,他因相信穆罕默德是先知而离开修道院,这引发了他对伊斯兰教更深入的研究和思考。他坦诚地分享了他在修道院的经历,以及他对伊斯兰教的复杂看法,承认自己对伊斯兰教的理解仍然存在困惑。 Aimen Dean: Aimen Dean作为节目的主持人,引导托马斯分享了他的经历,并从伊斯兰教的视角对托马斯的经历和观点进行回应。他与托马斯就基督教和伊斯兰教的相似之处和差异进行了深入的探讨,并表达了他对伊斯兰教内部冲突和暴力的担忧。他强调了理解伊斯兰教内部冲突对于结束伊斯兰教暴力行为的重要性,并认为伊斯兰教的信仰和灵性应该凌驾于国家或社群之上。

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Thomas discusses his journey from evangelical Christianity to exploring Sufism, which eventually led him to Orthodox Christianity, highlighting his fascination with the mystical aspects of religion and his inability to denounce the divinity of Christ.

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All Conflicted fans know Aimen’s life story – but what about that of his co-host, Thomas Small? Avid listeners will have heard Thomas talk about his Orthodox Christian faith and his time as a novice monk at a monastery on the Greek island of Mount Athos, but the story of how he got there, and why he decided to leave the brotherhood, is a fascinating tale… This week, Thomas and Aimen switch roles to find out more about Thomas’ spiritual journey.

We’re putting out this episode to all of our dear listeners, because Thomas is releasing a new podcast over on Substack called ‘Life Sentences’. This is Thomas’ attempt to introduce to the world the Church Fathers – the Christian writers, theologians, mystics and divines who wrote in the first 1000 years of Christianity. The podcast sees Thomas read out the texts of the Church Fathers and comment on them as he goes, making them relevant to today. It’s a fascinating listen, and we hope all Conflicted listeners will tune in when the first episode goes live on Sunday July 14th.

**You can subscribe and find out more about the podcast through the website at: https://wisdomreadings.substack.com/) **

To listen to more bonus episodes like this one, subscribe to the Conflicted Community. And don’t forget, subscribers can also join our Conflicted Community chatroom, where you can interact with fellow dearest listeners, discuss episodes past and future, get exclusive messages from Thomas and Aimen, ask future Q&A questions and so much more.

**All the information you need to sign up to the Conflicted Community is on this link: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/) **

And finally – Conflicted season 5 goes live next Wednesday on July 17th! Thomas and Aimen have been cooking up a whole new season on… Africa. Tune in next Wednesday for the first episode.

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