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Conflicted Community – Aimen Interviews Thomas

2024/7/10
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Thomas: 本期节目讲述了我的灵性旅程，以及我创办新播客《Life Sentences》的初衷。这个播客旨在向世人介绍早期基督教的教父著作，这些著作对我的精神成长起到了至关重要的作用。我将朗读并评论这些著作，使其与当代生活产生联系。我成长于一个福音派家庭，但后来对福音派基督教产生质疑，并逐渐远离这种信仰。通过接触柏拉图主义和苏菲主义，我最终皈依了东正教。在希腊圣山阿索斯修道院的经历，让我对自身有了更深刻的认识，也让我对信仰有了更深入的理解。虽然我最终决定不成为僧侣，但我仍然对东正教的信仰和传统充满敬意。这段经历也让我对伊斯兰教产生了新的思考，我开始尝试理解伊斯兰教的存在意义，以及它与基督教之间的联系。 Aimen: 我与Thomas的相遇源于我参与撰写一本关于基地组织的书。我们因对宗教的共同兴趣而成为朋友，并进行了许多关于宗教的坦诚对话。我始终保持开放的心态，从不试图将Thomas转换成伊斯兰教。我对基督教和犹太教很感兴趣，并与Thomas讨论了基督教信仰中的许多复杂概念。我对基督教的广泛传播和历史感到好奇，并认为基督教为伊斯兰教的传播铺平了道路。我对严格的萨拉菲派伊斯兰教与福音派基督教的相似之处感到好奇，许多人成年后都放弃了这种信仰。我理解Thomas在远离福音派基督教的同时保留信仰的复杂性。我与Thomas讨论了伊斯兰教的暴力和极端主义问题，并认为伊斯兰教的灵性和信仰应该凌驾于国家和社会之上。

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Thomas Small discusses his journey from evangelical Christianity to exploring Orthodox Christianity through Sufism, influenced by the writings of the Church Fathers and his interest in contemplative prayer.

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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/) **

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**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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