Dr. Chris Green

Befriending limitation
welcoming mystery

Rooted in Tradition | Open to the Spirit

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learning the way of Jesus

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The Spirit leads us along the way of Jesus into the fullness of the Father's love,
opening up the full complexity of human experience to the full mystery of God.

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The God of the Clerics Does Not Exist: Karl Rahner on True/False Images of God

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The God of the Clerics Does Not Exist: Karl Rahner on True/False Images of God

Think of the false images of God that are found everywhere and therefore also in us. It is all very odd. We human beings recognize the...

"What I Find when I am Most Myself": Howard Thurman on Discerning the Will of God

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"What I Find when I am Most Myself": Howard Thurman on Discerning the Will of God

The will of God is often thought of as something that comes into a man from the outside. It is regarded as something against which the...

The Lord's Prayer is Not a Hymn: Karl Rahner on Daring to Ask God for Things

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The Lord's Prayer is Not a Hymn: Karl Rahner on Daring to Ask God for Things

"[T]here is a prayer of petition which speaks to God and is not a mere exorcism of one's own heart, but boldly and explicitly ventures to...

“This age needs people like trees, filled with a silent peace,
rooted at the same time in solid ground and in the open sky.”
Olivier Clément

Chris Green is Professor of Public Theology at Southeastern University (Lakeland, FL) and Director for St Anthony Institute of Theology, Philosophy, and Liturgics. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including most recently All Things Beautiful: An Aesthetic Christology. He and his wife, Julie, live in Tulsa with their three kids: Zoë, Clive, and Emery, and their Weimaraner, Auggie.

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