Richard Rohr

Falling Upward

A Spirituality For The Two Halves Of Life

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Produktbeschreibung

Reissued with a new cover, Falling Upward has sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SPCK Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9780281068913
• ISBN-10: 0281068917
• Artikelnr.: 35546059

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 to many thousands of people a year, Richard's travels have recently taken him to Europe, Australia/New Zealand and South Africa. Teaching on such themes as adult Christian spirituality, men's spirituality, and politics and spirituality, Richard has partnered with such esteemed teachers as Thomas Keating (author of books on centering prayer), Ronald Rolheiser (author of the best - selling The Holy Longing), Joan Chittister (author of The Gift of Years), Phyllis Tickle (author of The Great Emergence), and Jim Wallis (founder of Sojourners and author of God's Politics). Richard is also well known for his numerous recorded teachings, through the Center's quarterly publication, Radical Grace, and is a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines.

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