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Adult Faith: Growing in Wisdom and Understanding

ISBN: 9781570758867
Author(s): by Diarmuid O'Murchu Publisher: Orbis Books

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

"Wisdom is the principal thing. Therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding." ...Proverbs 4:7

Celebrated writer and teacher Diarmuid O'Murchu has written this book in response to the many adult faith-seekers he has encountered over the past twenty years. Adults today seek spiritual meaning in ways very different from previous times. They seek adult answers to adult questions and wish to be part of the dialogical process that helps to unearth deeper truth.

O'Murchu demonstrates that today's adults are interested in mature and enlightened ways to live out their faith in the world. He boldly points out dimensions of conventional religion which no longer inspire or offer hope, and is visionary in offering a multitude of approaches that nurture a mature faith—a faith for adults. The result is a book that empowers adult faith-seekers to grow in wisdom and in grace, and that enables churches to use their resources to strengthen the faith of their people at a time of great change in how people think about institutional religion.
 

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Reclaiming Spirituality

ISBN: 9780824517236
Author(s): by Diarmuid O'Murchu Publisher: Crossroads Publishing Co

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
In this thought-provoking and rambunctious follow-up to Quantum Theology, English priest and social psychologist Diarmuid O Murchu celebrates the spiritual renaissance of our time as an alternative to religious fanaticism and religious indifference. He sees this phenomenon as part of the evolving spiritual story of humankind stretching back 70,000 years. The spirituality that is appealing to seekers today embodies global, inclusive, co-operative, egalitarian, and feminine values. O'Murchu outlines its linkage of the new cosmology with a respect for the natural world through the spirituality of native peoples. He points out its embrace of pre-patriarchal values of relatedness, passion, feeling, imagination, and justice.

Two other accents of this new paradigm are its emphasis upon the erotic power of spirituality and its reappropriation of the shadow in all its diverse dimensions. Only time will tell what new permutations this global spirituality will take. O'Murchu has done a fine job mapping out its contemporary lineaments.
 

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Catching Up with Jesus: A Gospel Story for Our Time

ISBN: 9780824522988
Author(s): by Diarmuid O'Murchu Publisher: Crossroads Publishing Co

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No story has ever had the life-changing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. But too often, this story is weighed down with out-dated theology and metaphysics. For those ready to rediscover Jesus, Diarmuid O'Murchu offers Catching Up with Jesus. This feast of spiritual insight guides us through the tradition and offers the gospel story for us today—imaginative conversations and poetry that bring us into the lifegiving, loving, freeing experience of Jesus.
 

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Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics

ISBN: 9780824522636
Author(s): by Diarmuid O'Murchu Publisher: Crossroads Publishing Co

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Here, best-selling author Diarmuid O'Murchu presents a vision of the intersection of quantum physics and spirituality. It is now revised to reflect the most recent advances in physics. From black holes to holograms, from relativity theory to the discovery of quarks, this book is an original and rich exposition of quantum theory and the way it unravels profound theological questions.