Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr in a webcast talk at CAC in 2008

Richard Rohr, O.F.M. (born in 1943 in Kansas) is a Franciscan friar ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. He is an internationally known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books.

Rohr was the founder of the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971 and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986 where he currently serves as the Founding Director.

Scripture as liberation, the integration of action and contemplation, community building, peace and social justice issues, male spirituality, the Enneagram of Personality and eco-spirituality are amongst the many subjects addressed in his writing and preaching. He is a contributing editor and writer for Sojourners magazine and a contributor to Tikkun magazine and the Huffington Post. He was one of several spiritual leaders featured in the 2006 documentary film ONE: The Movie.

Rohr has been sometimes criticized for his inclusiveness.

Bibliography

This bibliography is ordered by the original publication date:

Own works

• "The Spiritual Family and the Natural Family" (Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 1976)
• The Great Themes of Scripture: Old Testament (with Joseph Martos) (1987, reissued St Anthony Messenger Press, 1988) ISBN 978-0867160857
• The Great Themes of Scripture: New Testament (with Joseph Martos) (St Anthony Messenger Press, 1988) ISBN 978-0867160987
• Why Be Catholic?: Understanding Our Experience and Tradition (with Joseph Martos) (Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 1989) ISBN 978-0867161014
• Discovering the Enneagram: An Ancient Tool a New Spiritual Journey (with Andreas Ebert) (1990 and 1991, reissued by Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.; Reissue edition 1993) ISBN 978-0824511852
• Simplicity, Revised & Updated: The Freedom of Letting Go (1991, reissued by Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.; 2nd New edition of Revised edition edition, 2004) ISBN 978-0824521158
• The Wild Man's Journey: Reflections on Male Spirituality (with Joseph Martos) (1992, reissued by St Anthony Messenger Press; New edition edition 1996) ISBN 978-0867162790
• Near Occasions of Grace (Orbis Books (USA), 1993) ISBN 978-0883448526
• Quest for the Grail: Soul Work and the Sacred Journey (1994, reissued by Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.; New edition edition, 1997) ISBN 978-0824516543
• The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective (with Andreas Ebert) (1995, reissued by Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S., 2002) ISBN 978-0824519506
• Enneagram 2: Advancing Spiritual Discernment (1995, reissued by Gracewing; New Ed edition 2008) ISBN 978-0852443200
• Experiencing the Enneagram (with Andreas Ebert) (Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S., 1995) ISBN 978-0824512019
• Simplicity: The Art of Living (Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.; 2nd Revised edition edition , 1995) ISBN 978-0824512514
• Jesus' Plan for a New World: The Sermon on the Mount (with John Booker Fisher and J. Feister) (St Anthony Messenger Press, 1996) ISBN 978-0867162035
• Radical Grace: Daily Meditations (with John Bookser Feister, Editor) (1993, reissued by St Anthony Messenger Press, 1996) ISBN 978-0867162578
• Job & the Mystery of Suffering (1996, reissued by Gracewing, 2006) ISBN 978-0852443088
• The Good News According to Luke: Spiritual Reflections (Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S., 1997) ISBN 978-0824514907
• Hope Against Darkness: The Transforming Vision of Saint Francis in a (St Anthony Messenger Press, 2001) ISBN 978-0867164404
• Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer (Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.; 2nd Revised edition edition , 2003) ISBN 978-0824519957
• Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation (Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S., 2004) ISBN 978-0824522803
• Soul Brothers: Men in the Bible Speak to Men Today (with art by Louis S. Glanzman) (Orbis Books (USA), 2004) ISBN 978-1570755347
• From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality (with Joseph Martos) (St Anthony Messenger Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0867167405
• Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality (Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 2008) ISBN 978-0867166590
• The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009) ISBN 978-0824525439

Contributions

• Foreword in Roots of Violence in the U.S. Culture: A Diagnosis Towards Healing by Richard Alain (Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1999) ISBN 978-1577330431
• Foreword in Meal Stories: The Gospel of Our Lives by Kathleen Casey (Thomas More Association, 2000) ISBN 978-0883474952
• The Franciscan Opinion in Stricken by God? Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ (ed. by Brad Jersak and Michael Hardin) (William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2008) ISBN 978-0802862877)

External links

• Official website (Center for Action and Contemplation)
• Works by or about Richard Rohr in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Eight good reasons for being Catholic
• Foreword by Rohr to The Questions of Jesus
• Epiphany: You Can't Go Home Again
• Jesus in the Manger: A Story of Transformation