Richard Rohr

Falling Upward (eBook, ePUB)

A Spirituality For The Two Halves Of Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

We grow more spiritually by doing it wrong than by doing it right

In Falling Upward, Fr Richard Rohr offers a new understanding of one of life's most profound mysteries: how our failing can be the foundation for our ongoing spiritual growth. Drawing on the wisdom from time-honoured myths, heroic poems, great thinkers and scared religious texts, the author explores the two halves of life to show that those who have fallen, failed, or 'gone down' are the only ones who understand 'up'. The heartbreaks, disappointments and first loves of life are actually stepping stones to the spiritual joys that the second half has in store for us.

'I thank God for Richard Rohr's sage-like presence in our culture: I honestly don't know where I'd be without it.'
Brian Draper

'Richard Rohr at his vintage best: prophetic, pastoral, practical.'
Cynthia Bourgeault

'A voyage into the mystery and beauty of healthy spiritual maturity.'
Mehmet Oz, MD, host of the Dr Oz Show

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SPCK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780281080915
• Artikelnr.: 52006758

Autorenporträt

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 The Divine Dance, Immortal Diamond and Falling Upward (SPCK, 2016, 2013 and 2012 respectively).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction vii
1 The Two Halves of Life 1
2 The Hero and the Heroine's Journey 15
3 The First Half of Life 29
4 The Tragic Sense of Life 41
5 Stumbling over the Stumbling Stone 55
6 Necessary Suffering 69
7 Home and Homesickness 85
8 Amnesia and the Big Picture 101
9 A Second Simplicity 115
10 A Bright Sadness 127
11 The Shadowlands 139
12 New Problems and New Directions 153
13 Falling Upward 167
The Author 181