All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.

Richard Rohr (b. 1943), Franziskanerpater und Autor

Source: Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation

Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Meaning & Identity, Wisdom & Understanding

Occasions: Comfort, For Reflection

Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr (* 1943) ist ein US-amerikanischer römisch-katholischer Franziskanerpriester und Autor, der 1987 in Albuquerque das Center for Action and Contemplation gründete. Er steht für eine Verbindung von christlicher Mystik, Kontemplation und Psychologie sowie das Konzept des „universalen Christus“, stößt mit seinen Lehren und der Nutzung des Enneagramms jedoch auf anhaltende theologische Kritik von konservativen Katholiken und Evangelikalen. Bibellesern vermittelt er Impulse für eine integrative spirituelle Praxis und persönliche Reifung, fordert aber zur Auseinandersetzung mit seinen Abweichungen von traditionellen dogmatischen Auslegungen heraus.

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