Ancestral Grace: Meeting God in Our Human Story - Softcover

Diarmuid O'Murchu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570757941 ISBN 13: 9781570757945

Publisher: Orbis Books, 2008

Synopsis

This astounding account of humankind, from our beginnings in Africa seven million years ago through the life of Jesus to the present, blends history, anthropology, and spirituality to demonstrate that God has been and always will be with us. It's one of those rare books that will change the way you see everything!

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From Booklist:

When an Irish Catholic priest sets out to reconcile the theory of evolution and environmental bioregionalism with Christian tradition while opposing patriarchy and social injustice, you know you’re in for an exciting journey. O’Murchu doesn’t mince words about the defects of earlier theologies, saying that those that “defined revelation exclusively in a male context” are guilty of fostering a “preposterous myth,” instead of which he presents a renewed, nondualistic spiritual vision that embraces the “suppressed imagination” of the arts and intuition. Like the great “geologian” Fr. Thomas Berry (with Brian Swimme, The Universe Story, 1992), O’Murchu finds there is much to learn from science. In this book, such learning comes from paleontology, which shows the basic humanity behind apparent differences between people and peoples. With “religious endorsement of our creativity,” he believes, we can find reason for optimism about humanity’s future. And indeed, optimism is served out in great helpings in this inspiring book, which should appeal to both Christians and skeptics. --Patricia Monaghan

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1570757941
• ISBN 13: 9781570757945
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270