Ep. 14 The Weekly: A Prophetic Word From MLK
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In the opening episode of our new weekly segment, Ryan reads through and comments on an article that he wrote on Martin Luther King Jr. during the turmoil and civil unrest of 2020. The original article was entitled, "A Prophetic Word From MLK."
"If MLK were alive today, I think he would be greatly troubled by the state of both our thinking and our communication on a wide-scale societal level. MLK was trained by 'dialectical' philosophers and was a dialectical thinker. To put this in more accessible terms, he was a mediating thinker: he tried to find common ground between polarized viewpoints. He believed that truth was complex, not simple. He steered away from overly-simplistic, black and white, either/or thinking—seeking to find a synthesis out of sharp bifurcations. In ethical terms, one could say that King was a peacemaker."About Ryan, Host of Thinker Sensitive:
Ryan Ragozine is the host of Thinker Sensitive. He is passionate about ecumenical dialogue, inter-religious dialogue, and worldview engagement. He is a major proponent of civil discourse, free thinking, free speech, and ethical communication. Ryan has always been preoccupied with big ideas and big questions. He holds a B.A. in Theology and an M.A. in Philosophy. While in seminary, Ryan had the privilege of studying under Michael Peterson, editor and author of several philosophy of religion texts published by Cambridge, Oxford, and the University of Notre Dame—most notably in the subcategories of religion and science, the problem of evil, and C.S. Lewis scholarship. Ryan and his wife are huge advocates of Christian hospitality, running a house church that welcomed people from all different backgrounds and belief systems for about five years before eventually taking over at Thinker Sensitive.
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