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Podcast: Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson
Episode: 39: On Secular and Religious Disciplines, and the Theology of the Vow
Description: Susannah and Peter speak with Kelsey Osgood about her piece “The Dance of Devotion.” What’s the difference between a figure skater whose sport requires a strict regimen of training and eating, and an observant Jew whose life is also constrained by specific rules? Why is our society more friendly to the one than to the other? Why are we uncomfortable with the concept of a discipline that’s a matter of obedience to God rather than to a trainer or to one’s own choice of lifestyle fad? Then, they talk with King-Ho Leung about his piece “The...