It’s precisely because you are relaxed about someone who is… - James Alison

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It’s precisely because you are relaxed about someone who is bigger than you holding you that you are relaxed enough to undergo crises of self. If there isn’t anyone bigger than you holding you in being, then you have to hold tight to yourself, and not allow yourself the luxury of being re-worked from within.

James Alison

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James Alison (born 1959) is a Catholic Christian theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard's anthropological theory to Christian theology and for his work on gay issues.

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Benedict XVI René Girard Simone Weil Søren Kierkegaard Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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