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In search to heal America’s divisions, Fr. Richard Rohr suggests turning to God, ditching identity politics

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A lot of what passes as religion in America today only helps perpetuate false narratives people create for themselves about who they think they are, says noted theologian Fr. Richard Rohr.

If they really want to find their true selves, Rohr, who founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, suggests that they can only see their most stable self in God.

"By the middle of life, we all become aware that there is this unwholeness within every one of us. And I say that after 55 years as a priest," Rohr, 82, told journalist Ray Suarez earlier this month in the first episode of a new PBS series "Wisdom Keepers: Healing a Divided People."

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Very interesting. I find some of his theology quite unorthodox, not to go off topic.

While his style is shaped alot by the 160's and 1970's immediate post-Vatican II era, with a very free-flowing spirit and incorporation of insights from depth psychology (similar to Merton), it's not really unorthodox. He teaches contemplation and spirituality, subjects important in mystical theology, so it might sound strange to somebody expecting clarity when talking about God, since so much of the modern Catholic and Protestant traditions have focused on clarity, and not prioritized mystical theology. However, mystical theology has been the norm for much of the rest of the Christian world all along.
 
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