{"id":25095,"date":"2024-02-17T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/173-chastity-integrity-and-the-desert-fathers-bishop-erik-varden\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T15:53:14","slug":"173-chastity-integrity-and-the-desert-fathers-bishop-erik-varden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/173-chastity-integrity-and-the-desert-fathers-bishop-erik-varden\/","title":{"rendered":"173 \u2013 Chastity, Integrity and the Desert Fathers \u2013 Bishop Erik Varden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Feb 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Erik Varden, bishop of Trondheim, Norway as<br \/>\nwell as Trappist monk, joins the podcast to discuss his new book<br \/>\n<em>Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Topics discussed include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Recovering the true meaning of the word<br \/>\n\u201cchastity\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Continence and chastity are not the same<br \/>\nthing<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">What the Desert Fathers can teach us about<br \/>\nchastity<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Why we need to meditate on the original<br \/>\nvocation of man before the Fall rather than limiting our options to<br \/>\nwhat our sinful nature is capable of<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Why having a sense of dignity in one\u2019s<br \/>\nmasculinity or femininity helps us to be chaste<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The importance of friendship between men and<br \/>\nwomen<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">The redirection of eros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Erik Varden, <em>Chastity: Reconciliation of<br \/>\nthe Senses<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/chastity-9781399411400\/\">https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/chastity-9781399411400\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00c9lisabeth-Paule Labat, <em>The Song That I Am:<br \/>\nOn the Mystery of Music<\/em>, trans. 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