The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe - Softcover

Rohr, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281078629 ISBN 13: 9780281078622

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Universal Christ by bestselling author Richard Rohr is a long-awaited book that explores what it means that Jesus was called Christ, and how this forgotten truth can transform everything we see, hope for and believe.

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About the Author

FR RICHARD ROHR is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding Director. An internationally known speaker, he teaches on such themes as adult Christian spirituality, men's spirituality, and politics and spirituality, and has published many books, including Falling Upward and Immortal Diamond (SPCK, 2012 and 2013 respectively).

From the Back Cover

[Category: Spiritual Reading]


Long awaited, this landmark book invites us to contemplate how God liberates and loves all that is.

As one of the world's most influential thinkers, Richard Rohr has helped millions realize what is at stake in matters of faith and spirituality. Yet, until now, he has never written on the most perennially talked about topic in Christianity: Jesus.

We may feel we know who Jesus was, but who was Christ?

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. Jesus' life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God - except by its own negative choice.

'Rohr sees the Christ everywhere, and not just in people. He reminds us that the first incarnation of God is in creation itself, and he tells us that "God loves things by becoming them". Just for that sentence, and there are so many more, I cannot put this book down.'
Bono, U2

'Here Fr Richard helps us to see and hear Jesus of Nazareth in what he taught, what he did and who he is - the loving, liberating and life-giving expression and presence of God. In so doing, he is helping Christianity to reclaim its soul anew.'
Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America

[Author biog - to be included inside the book, not on cover:]

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 (2018), Just This (2018), The Divine Dance (2016), Breathing Under Water (2016), Immortal Diamond (2013) and Falling Upward (2012), all published by SPCK.

Edition details

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0281078629
• ISBN 13: 9780281078622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272