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Talk · Festival of Faiths · 2013Out of Silence Something Is Born That Leads to Silence Itself
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The Augustinian friar and scholar of the desert fathers on what happens when a person keeps sitting still long enough.

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Meet Martin Laird.

Christian Contemplation

Martin Laird

Augustinian friar and Villanova theology professor whose trilogy on Christian contemplative prayer, beginning with Into the Silent Land, has become a widely used entry point into the practice of silence.

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