num_pages: 112
description: Now in a new edition this thought-provoking book by popular author Richard Rohr offers a critique of religion as a system that often creates an alternative pious world without really challenging oppression materialism and sectarianism in our modern world. Religion he says without this contemplative stance is often part of the problem. Drawing from Jesus parable of the rich man Rohr believes that religion can only rediscover itself as a transformational system if it passes through the eye of a needle if it overcomes its own temptation to power wealth and fundamentalism. A true contemplative stance crosses boundaries is not concerned with whos in and whos out. It is not a worthiness competition. In fact the accessibility of the contemplative awareness to all is Rohr believes the key to the Gospel The kingdom of heaven is hidden in plain sight. 
language: English
title: Dancing Standing Still: Healing the World from a Place of Prayer; A New Edition of A Lever and a Place to Stand
publisher: Paulist Press