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

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Synopsis
From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can restore hope and meaning to our lives.

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’s last name?

Too often, Rohr writes, our understandings have been limited by culture, religious debate, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center.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’s 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.

A New York Times Bestseller

Copyright:
2019

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
272 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781524762100
Related ISBNs:
9780593238325
Publisher:
The Crown Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Center for Action and Contemplation, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Brian D. Mclaren

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