‘I cannot put this book down’ – BONO
‘One of the most influential speakers in the world’ – OPRAH WINFREY
In his decades as a globally recognized teacher, Richard Rohr has helped millions realize what is at stake in matters of faith and spirituality. Yet Rohr has never written on the most perennially talked about topic in Christianity: Jesus. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus’ last name? Too often, Rohr writes, our understanding has been limited by culture, religious squabbling, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the centre.
Drawing on scripture, history and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. ‘God loves things by becoming them, ‘he writes, and Jesus’ life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God – except by its own negative choice. When we recover this fundamental truth, faith becomes less about proving Jesus was God, and more about learning to recognize the Creator’s presence all around us and in everyone we meet.
Thought-provoking, practical and full of deep hope and vision, The Universal Christ is a landmark book from one of our most beloved spiritual writers, and an invitation to contemplate how God liberates and loves all that is.
Tabella dei contenuti
Contents
Before We Begin 1
PART 1
ANOTHER NAME FOR EVERY THING
1 Christ Is Not Jesus’s Last Name 11
2 Accepting That You Are Fully Accepted 25
3 Revealed in Us – as Us 39
4 Original Goodness 55
5 Love Is the Meaning 69
6 A Sacred Wholeness 81
7 Going Somewhere Good 91
PART 2
THE GREAT COMMA
8 Doing and Saying 103
9 Things at Their Depth 109
10 The Feminine Incarnation 121
11 This Is My Body 129
12 Why Did Jesus Die? 139
13 It Can’t Be Carried Alone 159
14 The Resurrection Journey 169
15 Two Witnesses to Jesus and Christ 189
16 Transformation and Contemplation 203
17 Beyond Mere Theology: Two Practices 221
Epilogue 231
afterword Love After Love 233
appendixes Mapping the Soul’s Journey to God 235
appendix i The Four Worldviews 237
appendix ii The Pattern of Spiritual Transformation 243
Bibliography 249
Circa l’autore
Richard Rohr, OFM is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (www.cac.org) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he also serves as Academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Fr. Richard’s teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy – practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. He is the author of numerous books including A Spring Within Us, Just This, The Divine Dance, Breathing Under Water, Immortal Diamond and Falling Upward (SPCK, 2018, 2018, 2016, 2016, 2013 and 2012 respectively.
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