Diarmuid O’Murchu, Author of Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way
Traditional Western theology, according to O’Murchu, has been rooted in an understanding of sinful humanity in a flawed creation. Over the centuries this paradigm has engendered co-dependent relationships among the people of God. Even worse has been an imperial image of God, which, after Constantine, which affirmed imperial models of human authority, whether in the church or society.
Here O’Murchu shows how it is in the power of that Spirit of evolution that Jesus incarnates afresh God’s embodied presence in our midst, and encourages us on the way to becoming creative participants in God’s unfolding mission.
Readers who are familiar with O’Murchu’s work will find much to ponder, and those seeking a new understanding of faith, church, and world, an evocative voice.
Diarmuid O’Murchu is the author of many pioneering books that include Evolutionary Faith, Ancestral Grace, Inclusivity, Beyond Original Sin, and When the Disciple Comes of Age (all Orbis). He lives in Ireland and speaks throughout the world.
A Theology of afterlife according to Diarmuid O&#;Murchu
from O&#;Murchu, Quantum Theology
Diarmuid O&#;Murchu, an Irish Priest enjoying a considerable reputation for his theological reflections on the New Science, has written some reflections on afterlife, in light of the new understanding we have of the universe.
The new theology of afterlife has developed under the influence of our changing cosmology. With the growing realization that our world is one in all its dimensions, the notion of a next world fell into disfavour. There is only one Universe, though it may include many dimensions. Heaven is not a place somewhere outside the Universe. We have come to understand heaven, hell, and purgatory as states of being (not places) within the one world.
According to the old theology, in deaths we humans became acosmic (cut off from the cosmos). In our new understanding we become pancosmic; we enter into a new relationship with the whole cosmos. In the old theology, we could talk about “Heaven” but we were quite unable to describe it in any reasonable terms. Images we had grown up with &#; “God” “sitting” on a throne, surrounded by angels, etc
Ecological Spirituality (Ecology & Justice Series)
The changes that we must make to address the complex ecological crises today are unlikely to happen if we do not experience a spiritual revolution. In Ecological Spirituality, Diarmuid O’Murchu invites readers to the revolutionary work of a life-promoting spirituality for our time. He explores how we must move beyond understandings of holiness that emphasize detachment from our world in favor of something beyond.
In his welcoming style O’Murchu reintroduces readers to the long history of humanity’s relationship with the creative Spirit of God, including and transcending religious traditions in a growing horizon of faith. As we rediscover the sacred here on Earth, we are called to connect spirit with Spirit, discerning and living an ecologically-focused spirituality for the well-being of creatures and ecosystems around the planet.
Diarmuid O'Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, is a social psychologist and author. Most of his working life has been in social ministry, including as a couple's counsellor, in bereavement and AIDS-HIV counselling, and with h
Critiquing Diarmuid O'Murchu's 'New World Order'
Doctrinal Note on the Book "Reframing Religious Life"
ROME, APRIL 16, (Zenit) - The following statement is a translation of a document from the Doctrinal Commission of the Spanish bishops' conference. It was translated and published by the English edition of L'Osservatore Romano last month.
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Summary: The Doctrinal Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Spain presents this Doctrinal Note in order to bring to public attention the seriously erroneous affirmations found in the book "Reframing Religious Life. An Expanded Vision for the Future," by Father Diarmuid O'Murchu, M.S.C. According to Father O'Murchu, religious men and women "should leave the Church and take on a non-canonical status" since "the values of the Religious life belong to a more ancient pre-religious tradition."
He therefore marginalizes Christian revelation and its ecclesial transmission, abolishes the need for redemption and proposes a non-Christian vision where the "Kingdom" or the "Reign" is a substitute for Jesus Christ and his Church.
Father O'Murchu also disfigures the sense and significance of the religious vows of poverty, obedience and chastit
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