Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation

Book Description
Drawing from his extensive travels around the world, Fr. Rohr has discovered that initiation rites have been a part of every culture for thousands of years. Bestselling author Richard Rohr, a leader in the renaissance in male spirituality, offers the fruit of his travel and experience to explain the importance of male initiation and male elders in healthy psychological and spiritual life.

From the Publisher
Based on decades of work, travel, and experience, Rohr, a Franciscan brother and best-selling author, unearths the complexities of male spiritual maturation and helps us to understand the importance (as well as the increasing lack thereof) of male initiation rights in both western culture and the church.

About the Author
Richard Rohr lives in Albuquerque, NM, where he is co-founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. His other bestsellers include Everything Belongs and The Enneagram (both by Crossroad).


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"Through the ages, many cultures have helped man by means of initiation rites and vision quests. Richard Rohr has spent decades learning about these practices so that he can help awaken men to their own masculinity, their deep spirituality, and their potential for leadership. In Adam's Return, he gives us the five essential truths of that training, in language that is being used in men's retreats around the globe." Adam's Return is written to inspire a new generation of men to reassess what it means to be a man, to go through the initiations that every culture has required of its men, and to become leaders in the broader culture. Men are people, not gods, and they need to confront suffering, loss, and death before they can live with genuine wisdom and vision.


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