Foundation | Alternative Orthodoxy (Theme 2)

Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2020

⏱️ 55 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 second theme of the Alternative Orthodoxy is foundational for understanding the remaining themes: If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the Ground of Being and on our side. This second theme lays the groundwork for relating to the shape of God within the Alternative Orthodoxy. Join us as we share personal stories that elucidate this theme, nuance the theological language, and seek understanding in how this fits within an evolutionary perspective. 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.
0:04.2	To learn more, visit caac.org.
0:10.6	On today's episode of another name for everything, we dive into the second theme,
0:15.4	which is, if God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God,
0:19.7	then it is a benevolent universe.
0:21.9	God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the ground of being and on our side.
0:27.0	One thing that I was not expecting this conversation is the way that we also saw how this
0:32.7	living tradition evolves.
0:34.0	We get to play with some of the language and ask, how can this shift to be a more
0:39.5	incarnational sense of how we're becoming in relationship to the Trinity?
0:43.6	There seems to be such an important part of Richard's legacy is his radical humility
0:50.6	to be open to playing with some of these terms and saying, you know what, I hadn't thought about that.
0:54.9	Maybe we should think about how ground of being and ground of becoming work together.
1:00.5	I find that so awe-inspiring for such a legacy for us to live into.
1:05.2	That level of humility that's opened to change all the time.
1:08.6	Yeah, someone who's basically the one who has curated these seven themes,
1:12.3	the alternative orthodoxy, and has also opened to the way that they need to evolve and grow.
1:17.6	So they'd be more true to the reality of our experience.
1:20.8	Yeah, I really loved in this conversation how
1:24.6	we moved Trinity from being a concept of this self-enclosed community to this dynamic
1:31.1	creative principle, out work and evolution and in our lives, and onwardly outgoing,
1:37.2	constantly manifesting.
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