Ecumenical | Alternative Orthodoxy (Theme 4)

Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Brie Stoner and Paul Swanson, continue the journey through the 7 Themes of the Alternative Orthodoxy. The fourth theme of the Alternative Orthodoxy opens the door to everyone: Everything belongs. No one needs to be punished, scapegoated, or excluded. We cannot directly fight or separate ourselves from evil or untruth. Darkness becomes apparent when exposed to the Light. This tenet has been a hallmark of Richard’s teachings – everything belongs. Join us as we share personal stories that seek to put flesh on the bones of this theme, examine the tendency to scapegoat or exclude others, and seek to understand how this relates to Liberation Theology and prophetic action. The transcript for this episode can be found here. Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to the first 3 seasons of Another Name for Every Thing Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation
0:04.1	to learn more visit caac.org
0:10.3	On today's episode we talk about the fourth theme of the Alternative Orthodoxy,
0:14.7	which is everything belongs.
0:16.6	No one needs to be punished, scapegoated, or excluded.
0:20.0	We cannot directly fight or separate ourselves from evil or untruth.
0:24.1	Darkness becomes apparent when exposed to the light.
0:28.0	This theme is one that encompasses everything.
0:32.0	Richard helps us circle around some of the dualities that really not helped us
0:36.4	participate in a universe where everything truly does belong.
0:39.2	And some of the ways we've had misnomer is about light and darkness,
0:42.2	and he really helps bridge that gap in this conversation.
0:45.4	Yeah, and one of the questions we had for Richard in the intro episode was,
0:50.1	do you see these themes as building on each other?
0:52.5	And you can really feel that from the last episode to this one,
0:56.4	because we're moving one step further into the complexity of,
0:59.9	okay, if there is one reality, then everything belongs.
1:02.8	And then how do we deal with shadow?
1:05.7	How do we deal with evil?
1:07.2	How do we deal with imperfection?
1:10.0	We talked in this episode about how we grew up in a Christian paradigm
1:14.8	that emphasized perfection and perfectionism to the point where we didn't
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