New Credo Podcast! Whatever Happened to Contemplation? Zena Hitz
What is the meaning of intellectual life? In modern education, educators and students alike are often disillusioned by the attitude prevalent in educational institutions that emphasizes usefulness and practicality rather than contemplating the meaning and purpose of life. Zena Hitz shares her own disillusionment and frustrations as an educator, and how she found the true meaning of intellectual life in contemplating truth itself, including those questions most formative for one’s happiness in God. Zena Hitz and Matthew Barrett point us to the value of the contemplative life in this chaotic age of social media where people feed on the next thrill. Using Augustine as a foil, Zena explains why withdrawing from this world’s ambitions might just save education…and the human soul itself.
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