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Text based interviews and articles, and podcasts with Alison talking about silence as a spiritual discipline. |
Text-based interviews and articles are at the top of the page.
Please scroll down the page for podcasts.
Text-based interviews and articles
The Church Times
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Click the image to read the 'Back Page Interview' with Alison in The Church Times by Terence Hanley-McMath. 'A discipline of silence is hard work and often demands sacrifice on some level.'
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For a 'Back Page Interview with Sara Maitland, well-known for writing and speaking about silence since her acclaimed publication of A Book of Silence (London: Granta, 2008), see here.
Monk - Art and the Soul: An Imaginarium
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Click the image to read the online version of 'Beyond the Silence of the Forest', an interview with Alison for Monk - Art and the Soul: An Imaginarium, published online in Monk 6 (April 2022) and in its printed Volume 2 (October 2021) by Catherine Coldstream. |
'silence is the place where our encounters have the potential to be most truthful'
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Monk is an online and limited edition in print magazine that offers conversations about art and the soul. It addresses painting, fiction, poetry and essays. Click the image to go to the Monk online home page. |
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Retreats 2017
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Click the image to read a pdf version of Alison's article, 'Exploring Silence' written for Retreats 2017, the Retreat Association's Handbook.
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'It is through engagement in a spiritual discipline like silence that we acknowledge and surrender the smallness of our selves into the fullness of God's limitless love for all people.'
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Each year's Retreats Handbook contains articles about retreats and contemplative living along with information about over 230 retreat locations in the UK and beyond.
To order a copy of the latest edition of Retreats, and explore The Retreat Association website, click on the handbook image.
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Podcasts
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'The Benefits of Silence' Click this image to listen to a 45 minute interview with Alison Woolley talking about Silence with Alison Eary, host of the Recovering God podcast. |
The Recovering God podcast is for people who want to think more about issues affecting Christian women. It interviews people from a range of backgrounds about Christian faith, feminism, and their implications for today.