African Contemplative Spirituality
Episcopal Priest, Scholar and Author, Rev. Dr. Michael Battle
October 17, 9:30 & 11am
The life of Desmond Tutu is helpful for understanding African contemplative spirituality, as well as Tutu’s theology of Ubuntu (interpersonality). Such contemplative spirituality may seem like an odd construct for an African political leader like Tutu, but as Battle displays from Tutu’s life, Christian mysticism is in fact essential in understanding any impactful spiritual life—from those seldom known to those we call saints. Tutu observes, “Those who would speak must do so out of a personal experience of God borne of a life of prayer, meditation, Bible Reading, retreats, and regular participation in the sacramental life of the church, people for whom the spiritual is absolutely central.”