{"id":18229,"date":"2019-09-02T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/?post_type=product&p=18229"},"modified":"2022-02-19T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T20:40:49","slug":"the-age-of-martha-a-call-to-contemplative-learning-in-a-frenzied-culture","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/product\/the-age-of-martha-a-call-to-contemplative-learning-in-a-frenzied-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Age of Martha: A Call to Contemplative Learning in a Frenzied Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preview The Age of Martha\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

T. S. Eliot characterizes modern life as having \u201cneither plentitude nor vacancy,\u201d\u00a0and goes on to say that our lives are \u201cdistracted from distraction by\u00a0distraction.\u201d The truth is that the world is perennially too much with us. We\u2019re\u00a0always in danger of getting and spending and giving our hearts away, of trading\u00a0our glimpses of Proteus rising from the sea for glimpses of the latest social-media\u00a0craze. We have grown so used to our distractions that we have nearly forgotten\u00a0what leisure is, that divine and gratuitous part of human existence that ennobles\u00a0life and causes us to pause and reflect, pray and praise, fast as well as feast.<\/p>\n

This is why the Scriptures give us the story of Mary and Martha. We can be like\u00a0Mary, who chose to be still and present for the most important thing. Or we can be\u00a0like Martha, who chose instead to worry about earthly things and was admonished\u00a0for her unwillingness to rest. Now, however, it seems there is almost no choice left at\u00a0all, and we have nearly forgotten what it means for our souls to give attention. Even\u00a0in our schools and churches\u2014which should be the seats of contemplation\u2014there is\u00a0little place for the free and \u201cuseless\u201d delight of the Transcendent and Divine.<\/p>\n

In this work, Devin O\u2019Donnell seeks to frame a philosophy of academics\u00a0rooted in leisure, one that sees school as\u00a0schol\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0in principle and practice. If we are\u00a0to be faithful with the inheritance of a liberal arts tradition, then we must return\u00a0to seeing leisure as a guiding light in our educational efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T. S. Eliot characterizes modern life as having \u201cneither plentitude nor vacancy,\u201d and goes on to say that our lives are \u201cdistracted from distraction by distraction.\u201d The truth is that the world is perennially too much with us. We\u2019re always in danger of getting and spending and giving our hearts away, of trading our glimpses of Proteus rising from the sea for glimpses of the latest social-media craze. 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