Hope Against Darkness: The Transforming Vision of Saint Francis in an Age of Anxiety
Award winner! Catholic Book Awards (Catholic Press Association) Spirituality (Hardcover edition won)\ "'Let us begin again, for up to now we have done nothing.' That enigmatic sense of beginning again at the end of life, at the end of an era, in the middle of so much failure, when you just want to rest and put the past behind you, that is the gift for reconstruction that we want to discover in this book. It makes Francis a man for all seasons ."-from Chapter Seven\ Richard Rohr is a modern...
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Richard Rohr is a modern prophet calling us to change our ways. Painting a bleak picture of the prevailing thought, culture and attitudes of the present-day West -- which he calls "The Postmodern Opportunity" -- including our cultural biases, our embrace of victimhood, our often fearful attitudes toward one another and toward the Church and religion in general -- all our darknesses -- Rohr offers hope in introducing the Franciscan path of transformation, the "new way of being that would change the face of history." Rohr describes how following Saint Francis' way to forgiveness and love, and "owning the darkness," can bring us out of the postmodern pit in which we find ourselves. CPA Marketplace Franciscan priest Rohr has packed a massive critique of American culture with an even greater vision for Christians to rebuild society...every topic rings true and thus speaks well to conservative and more liberal readers alike. The bottom line fits with what St. Francis (and Jesus) exemplified: The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the good.
AcknowledgmentsviiiPart 1The Current DilemmaChapter 1The Postmodern Opportunity3Chapter 2Beyond Victimhood19Chapter 3Great Awakenings41Chapter 4Transformation67Chapter 5The Cosmic Egg of Meaning83Chapter 6Getting a Whole New Head97Part 2Francis the RebuilderChapter 7Francis of Assisi: Showing the Way Toward Reconstruction109Part 3Finding a Third WayChapter 8What Is Your Window on Reality?125Chapter 9The Great Chain of Being135Chapter 10The Power of Forgiveness141Chapter 11Limits Are Good Teachers153Chapter 12Living With Darkness163Chapter 13Modern Models of Reconstruction175A Reconstructionist Creed181Epilogue183
\ CPA MarketplaceFranciscan priest Rohr has packed a massive critique of American culture with an even greater vision for Christians to rebuild society...every topic rings true and thus speaks well to conservative and more liberal readers alike. The bottom line fits with what St. Francis (and Jesus) exemplified: The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the good.\ \
