Join us at the Center for Action and Contemplation in a meditation with Brother Lawrence (1614-1691), who lived in a Carmelite monastery outside of Paris in the 17th century. Also read the meditation here: https://bit.ly/3qWafbx
This interview is part of the Mystics Summit, a free online event. For more information, please visit https://mysticssummit.com/ This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network. All rights reserved.
Listen in as Carmen and Cliff talk about her revolutionary translation of Brother Lawrence, Southern roots, and the beauty of language
Spirituality and Practice Book Reviewer Jon Sweeney hosts Carmen Acevedo Butcher in discussing her revolutionary translation of Brother Lawrence
In this Encountering Silence interview Carmen is asked about her way into contemplation and what it has meant to her to translate both the Cloud of Unknowing and Brother Lawrence's Practice of the Presence.
Carmen and her Cal students are interviewed by BBC broadcaster Robin Lustig as he tracks linguistic change, including social media and memes.
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Author Carmen Acevedo Butcher introduces us to The Cloud of Unknowing, that 14th-century classic of contemplative prayer, in her award-winning translation.
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Carmen Acevedo Butcher reads more of Hildegard's songs, from her book, Hildegard of Bingen: A Spiritual Reader. The poetry of her translations makes the energy of the original songs vibrant and accessible.
Hear Carmen Acevedo Butcher read Hildegard's songs! This wonderful introduction to the polymathic Hildegard also features Carmen singing an Old English hymn! Carmen created a melody for the hymn of the cowherder Cædmon, and shares it here.
Hildegard advises royalty, tells off emperors, and describes the beauty of music. Hear Carmen Acevedo Butcher read from her book, Hildegard of Bingen: A Spiritual Reader.
Carnegie Foundation Teacher of the Year, Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher, gives a rousing Old-English rendition of Grendel's breaking into King Hrothgar's golden hall, Heorot. Dr. Acevedo Butcher currently teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, in the College Writing Programs.
