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| Here are my notes and some thoughts on Richard Rohr's book From Wild Man to Wise Man
Our men's small group is reading through it now and I thought I'd share some of my notes on it...
The
gospel proclaimed by Jesus is about liberation in this world, heaven is
only its continuation. (at least, this is what most theologians believe). The good news is that people can be freed
from oppression that surrounds them.
Naturally the first folks that accepted this message of liberation were
the poor and powerless who were in need of healing and salvation (Matthew
5:3-12). But much of Jesus' teaching was
not directed at the poor, but at the rich.
Not at the weak but at the powerful.
Jesus saw the oppressors with a greater need because the Scribes and
Pharisees were trapped by their own self-sufficiency (Matthew 23:13-19).
This is
still true today - the rich are deprived by their own wealth and the oppressors
are oppressed by their own domination.
How does this relate to man-woman roles in society? Rohr argues that if the male/female roles
were reversed to shift power to the women, then women would be as trapped as
men are now.
The
liberating gospel of Jesus is that salvation is not found in domination, but in
partnership. "The poor are not
saved by robbing the rich. The weak are
not saved by conquering the strong. The
oppressed are not saved by making the masters their slaves. Turning the tables simply perpetuates the
sinful human situation that Jeses was engaged in redeeming."
The
spiritually whole person internally integrates both the masculine and feminine
dimensions of the human spirit... Rohr cites examples of tribes where the shaman
(the androgynous man-woman) is the wise man or spiritual seer.
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