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Questions on The Cloud

What is meant by "cloud of unknowing"? Who wrote the text and why? How did current understandings of God and humanity inform it? These and other questions help us to explore this rich medieval text. (more)

I walk to the edge of the Sahara Desert; the sand burns through the soles of my sandals. On the horizon are a handful of small huts. I approach the monks' sacred dwelling, and, remembering it is 1360, cover my face. (more)

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