Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School. An internationally recognized author and spiritual leader, Fr. Richard teaches primarily on incarnational mysticism, non-dual consciousness, and contemplation, with a particular emphasis on how these affect the social justice issues of our time.
Podcast: Another Name for Every Thing
A few of Fr. Rohr’s 30+ books:
- The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
- Every Thing Is Sacred: 40 Practices and Reflections on the Universal Christ
- The Wisdom Pattern: Order, Disorder, Reorder
- Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
- Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self
- Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
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Summary and transcript of this interview.
Interview recorded March 27, 2021
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:02:10 – The Vast Universe and the Universal Christ
- 00:04:02 – Jesus and the Universal Concept of the Christ
- 00:06:22 – The Cosmic Notion of Christ
- 00:08:33 – A New Cosmology and Universalizing Jesus’ Message
- 00:10:49 – The Small Box of Religion
- 00:12:54 – The Marvel of Intelligence and Creativity
- 00:14:53 – Caring for Creation and Social Justice
- 00:16:54 – Saving the Worms
- 00:18:55 – Changing Notions of God
- 00:21:12 – The Exclusionary Nature of Theology
- 00:23:18 – The Journey from Order to Re-order
- 00:25:41 – Embracing Polarities and Diversities
- 00:28:05 – The breadth of freedom and social order
- 00:30:00 – Love God and Do What You Want
- 00:32:15 – The Changing Grand Canyon
- 00:34:20 – The Multifaceted Nature of Causality
- 00:36:39 – The “Father Wound” and the Atonement
- 00:38:50 – The Transformation of Religion
- 00:40:46 – The Healing Environment of the Prison System
- 00:42:09 – The Loneliness and Cutthroat Nature of Prison Life
- 00:43:36 – The Communion of Saints
- 00:45:22 – The Interconnectedness of Humanity and Collective Consciousness
- 00:46:55 – The Fall and Autonomy
- 00:48:33 – The Fall and the Wounded Condition
- 00:50:02 – The Happy Fault and the Rediscovery of Non-Duality
- 00:51:36 – Great Love and Great Suffering
- 00:53:19 – The Power of Love and Suffering
- 00:54:53 – Jesus’s justice strategy
- 00:56:29 – Solidarity vs Sacrifice
- 00:58:19 – Dipping into the Ocean of Richard Rohr
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