
Dorothee Soelle: From Christolatry to Mysticism
Dorothee Soelle felt that there is a clear danger evident in the history of Christianity of elevating Christ to a position of idolatry that she
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Dorothee Soelle felt that there is a clear danger evident in the history of Christianity of elevating Christ to a position of idolatry that she
Yesterday we saw how Dorothee Soelle believed that love is revolutionary; and love is what Jesus and the “kingdom of God” that he preached is
The real purpose of healthy religion is spirituality, namely to inspire and train people to get in touch with their deepest selves in order to
Previous to the death of Pope Benedict, we were dealing with the deeper meanings of Advent and Christmas. The Christmas story does not just range
The Transfiguration event that we meditated on yesterday is recalled in all three synoptic gospels as well as Peter’s epistle (Matthew 17.1-8; Mark 9:2-9; Luke
Advent, as we considered a few weeks ago, is not just about humanity waiting to celebrate the birth of Jesus around 2000 years ago. It is also
Two days ago we celebrated Christmas in our DM with a meditation on what I called Doxa and Moxa, which become simple and direct ways to talk of the
Today is Christmas Eve. Today we begin to break the dark silence of Advent just as the post-solstice movement of the sun (which is actually the
Each Sunday, we are offering a brief summary of the meditations from the previous week, as a kind of “index” inviting you to return to
In a chapter on “Politics and Religion,” Albert Nolan, as for many theologians who followed him, reminds us that the fact that Jesus was executed on
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