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Daniel Berrigan

It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.

Daniel Berrigan

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Daniel Berrigan is saying that a young person's faith often includes strong symbols related to religious rituals and the natural world. He connects this to his own experience of living in a rural seminary, where both spiritual and country elements deeply influenced his beliefs.

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