Meet the Translator: Ágúst Symeon Magnússon (PART 3)

September 12, 2019

Meet the Translator: Ágúst Symeon Magnússon (PART 3)

In this third and final episode with Ágúst Symeon Magnússon, he effortlessly weaves together a discussion encompassing the need for spiritual vulnerability, his approach to evangelization as invitation, and his motivation for bringing The Orthodox Way to an Icelandic audience.


To listen to the first podcast episode from Symeon, click here.

You can learn more about Symeon and his translation efforts here.

 

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Ágúst Symeon Magnússon originally hails from Reykjavík, Iceland. He has a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Iceland and a PhD in Philosophy from Marquette University where his dissertation focued on the correspondence between the philosophical thought of Søren Kierkegaard and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. His interests include existentialism, philosophy of religion, film, literature, and playing Ninja Turtles with his son Jóakim.

 





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