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Join St. Luke’s Parishioner and Interweave’s Speaker, Peter Savastano, for a class on December 6 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Davis room to discuss Spirituality and Technology. The class is free to attend but a good will offering will be collected.<\/p>\n
Technology has pervaded almost every aspect of our daily life. Studies have shown that along with\u00a0negatively impacting our capacities to remain centered and calm, technology has also played a role in the\u00a0restructuring of our brains, as well as our increasing\u00a0inability to focus sustained attention. For those of us engaged in the spiritual and\/or contemplative life, the challenge is, as mystic and master of the contemplative life Thomas Merton put it, to cultivate a “right relationship” with technology. We will explore the many different ways in which we can cultivate a “right relationship” with technology that does not compromise the spiritual and contemplative dimensions of what it means to be a fully realized human being in the technological age.<\/p>\n
Peter Savastano, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Seton Hall University. He is a lifelong student of world traditions, his research ranges from Christian monasticism to altered states of consciousness and African ceremonies.<\/p>\n
For additional information, please email communications@slechurch.org.<\/p>\n
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