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Beginning in October, 2024, each first Friday of the month we hear new Voices from Silence. |
Personal stories of engaging in silence by practitioners from the Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and Black and Indigenous Peoples of Colour (BIPOC) communities,* which will grow into a collection of Voices from Silence.
The Voices from Silence Collection:
our contributors
Their Voices go live at 6.30pm, UK time, on the frist Friday of the month.
The idea for Voices from Silence came from Rosie Benjamin, its first contributor.
The idea for Voices from Silence came from Rosie Benjamin, its first contributor.
Are you form the GMH community? Would you like to write about your engagement with silence for this new series? If so, please get in touch.
Although people from the GMH may have a spiritual practice of silence, authors in these communities tend to write more about silencing than silence-based prayer.
Even Dr Barbara A. Holmes (1943-2024), the well-known contemplative Black theologian and author of Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church couldn't suggest anyone from these communities who writes at length about silence! Perhaps this is because a quarter of the way into the new millennium the lives and stories of many in these communities are sidelined; their voices are silenced.
This new series is a way to bring wisdom about silence from the GMH community into the conversations and resources that Seeds of Silence offers on its website.
* These terms refer to people whose backgrounds are from non-Western, non-White ethnic and cultural groups. Acknowledging the rich heritage of ancient Indigenous communities and reflecting that the majority of the world’s population comes from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, they challenge the traditional framing of racial and ethnic 'minorities' by emphasizing that these populations are, in fact, the global majority.
Even Dr Barbara A. Holmes (1943-2024), the well-known contemplative Black theologian and author of Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church couldn't suggest anyone from these communities who writes at length about silence! Perhaps this is because a quarter of the way into the new millennium the lives and stories of many in these communities are sidelined; their voices are silenced.
This new series is a way to bring wisdom about silence from the GMH community into the conversations and resources that Seeds of Silence offers on its website.
* These terms refer to people whose backgrounds are from non-Western, non-White ethnic and cultural groups. Acknowledging the rich heritage of ancient Indigenous communities and reflecting that the majority of the world’s population comes from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, they challenge the traditional framing of racial and ethnic 'minorities' by emphasizing that these populations are, in fact, the global majority.
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