The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation
336The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation
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Overview
Invitation to a Dance The Trinity is supposed to be the central, foundational doctrine of our entire Christian belief system, yet we're often told that we shouldn't attempt to understand it because it is a "mystery." Should we presume to try to breach this mystery? If we could, how would it transform our relationship with God and renew our lives? The word Trinity is not found in the New Testament—it wasn't until the third century that early Christian father Tertullian coined it—but the idea of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was present in Jesus' life and teachings and from the very beginning of the Christian experience. In the pages of this book, internationally recognized teacher Richard Rohr circles around this most paradoxical idea as he explores the nature of God—circling around being an apt metaphor for this mystery we're trying to apprehend. Early Christians who came to be known as the "Desert Mothers and Fathers" applied the Greek verb perichoresis to the mystery of the Trinity. The best translation of this odd–sounding word is dancing. Our word choreography comes from the same root. Although these early Christians gave us some highly conceptualized thinking on the life of the Trinity, the best they could say, again and again, was, Whatever is going on in God is a flow—it's like a dance. But God is not a dancer—He is the dance itself. That idea might sound novel, but it is about as traditional as you can get. God is the dance itself, and He invites you to be a part of that dance. Are you ready to join in?
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781629119489 |
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Publisher: | Whitaker House |
Publication date: | 09/05/2017 |
Edition description: | Large Print, 16 point font |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 717,428 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized teacher and the author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. A Franciscan priest, he is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC.org) and is Academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard’s teaching is grounded in Franciscan practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing themselves in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. Mike Morrell is the Communications Director for the Integral Theology think tank Presence International, cofounder of The Buzz Seminar, and a founding organizer of the justice, arts, and spirituality Wild Goose Festival. He is also a futurist, an avid writer, freelance journalist, author coach, publishing consultant, and the curator of the book-reviewing community at TheSpeakeasy.info. You can read his ongoing exploration of Spirit, Culture, and Permaculture at MikeMorrell.org. Mike lives with his wife and two daughters in North Carolina.
Table of Contents
Foreword William Paul Young 19
Introduction: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast 25
Trinity; MIA 26
A Space at God's Table 28
A (W)hole in God 30
Part I Wanted: A Trinitarian Revolution
Spiritual Paradigm Shift 35
Dusting Off a Daring Doctrine 40
Math Problems 42
The Relationship Is the Vehicle 44
Metaphors Be with You! 47
A Mirrored Universe 49
Vulnerability 57
Weak Wisdom 59
The Delight of Diversity 61
The World in a Word 64
Reshaping Our Image 66
Atomic Bonds 68
Creator and Destroyer of Worlds 70
Aristotle and Boethius: The Price of an Invading Noun 74
Scotus and Merton: Time to Re-verb 75
The Perfect Freedom of God 76
Creative Continuation 78
Paradigms Lost 79
Distinct Union 83
Tide Boxes at Kmart 86
Loving All the Wrong People 88
Emptiness Alone Is Prepared for Fullness 90
The Space Between 91
How the Law of Three Changes Everything 92
Is the Trinity a Boy or a Girl? 94
The Power of Concentric Circles 95
Richard of St. Victor and the Joy Supreme 98
The Paradox of Restlessness and Contentment 102
Body-Based Knowing 104
The Many Belong in the One 108
Accessing the Divine Force Field 111
Always Creating Otherness 113
Next 117
Part II Why the Trinity? Why Now?
Three Reasons for Recovery 121
What Holds Us Back from Genuine Spiritual Experience? 122
Two Ways to Break Through 124
Suffering's Surprising Sustenance 127
At-One-Ment 131
What About the Wrath of God? 136
Expanding Our Horizons 140
Silence: Father 142
The Living Manifestation: The Christ 145
The Dynamism Within and Between: Holy Spirit 146
TDD-Trinity Deficit Disorder 147
Absentee Father 148
Son: Have You Seen Me? 149
The Relentless Drive of the Spirit 150
Inside-Out Prayer 151
Primal Prayer 154
Transcendence Deficit Disorder 155
Interfaith Friendship 157
Do We Have to Talk About Sin? 160
Entering By Another Door 161
Being There 163
An Amazing Chain of Being 164
Trinity in Eternity Past 164
The Wildest Wave Alive 167
Real Presence 169
Being and Becoming 169
Essential Ecstasy 170
Too Good to Be True? 172
The Incarnation Is the Gospel 174
Bleeding and Forbearing 176
The Great Attractor 179
Part III The Holy Spirit
Wholly Reconciling 185
The Divine Energy 186
Everything Is Holy Now 189
Acknowledgments 195
Appendix; Experiencing the Trinity: Seven Practices 199
About the Authors 219