Eros and The Light of Christ [Restore 2023 Presentation]

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Join us for Restore 2024! Get your Ticket HERE. [Save 20% with code: RESTORE20] _____________ Last year, Dr. Finlayson-Fife gave an unforgettable presentation on Eros and the Light of Christ. Today we are releasing that presentation in podcast form for all to enjoy! During the presentation, Dr. Finlayson-Fife explores the connection between spirituality and sexuality, and explains how eros energy (the root of romantic love) invites us to transcend ourselves and grow in our spiritual and relational capacity, even in the face of disappointment and uncertainty. Toward the end of the podcast episode, you will hear the audio of a short film about Geniel Fife (Jennifer's mother), you can watch the full film HERE. We hope to see you this year at Restore!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, and more, all featuring Dr Finlayson Fife.
0:22.0	Hey everyone, I'm excited to announce that I've been invited to speak at the
0:26.4	Restore Conference again this fall. It's going to be in September this year,
0:30.9	September 5th through the 7th.
0:33.0	And this event is just ridiculously amazing.
0:37.0	They really do an incredible job each year with some of the most captivating speakers, incredible music,
0:45.9	incredible poetry and art, and it's just an event you don't want to miss.
0:50.1	They just keep expanding it each year because people love it so much.
0:54.0	So I will be speaking on Friday, the 6th of September,
0:58.7	and I really look forward to seeing many of you there.
1:02.1	I was asked by Bill to talk to you today about
1:08.2	Eros and the Light of Christ and many of you may think, what does
1:14.0	what do these two things have to do with each other?
1:16.8	They're not intuitively linked for us
1:18.9	theologically, but it's something in the book
1:21.1	I'm working on I've been grappling with a lot is this connection
1:24.7	between spirituality and sexuality and today I want to talk a little more broadly than that
1:31.6	in terms of Eros, which is the root word of eroticism and the light of Christ.
1:37.1	So, you know, theologically or in our faith tradition we tend to think of these as polar opposites and in fact antithetical to one another.
1:47.0	And that, in fact, because we think of sexuality as a threat to spirituality,
1:53.4	we are often teaching our youth and ourselves
1:55.8	to do things such as read the scriptures,
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