RLG203H5 Lecture 1: Week 1 - Jan 10
Document Summary
Consider these video clips of two very different sorts of christians: Here, in the first clip (links to an external site. )links to an external site. , an elderly man from a monastery in british columbia discusses the eastern orthodox spiritual tradition called hesychasm. This is a form of quiet, inner prayer focused on the repetition of the. Jesus prayer: lord jesus christ, son of god, have mercy on me. But here, in the second clip (links to an external site. )links to an external site. , you"ll find a brief report about a strange variety of pentecostal christians in the appalachian. Their form of prayer could not be more different from that described by the monk. Rather than prayerfully meditate, these snakes with their bare hands. Christians shout and dance, speak in tongues, drink poison, and even hold venomous. I"ll bet that most of you have probably never heard of either hesychasm or snake- handling christians.
