Encountering The Wisdom Jesus

Bourgeault, Cynthia

ISBN 10: 1591792932 ISBN 13: 9781591792932

Publisher: Sounds True, 2005

Synopsis

The early Christians, teaches the Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, were afire with the spirit of Jesus, inspired fully by his teaching of a total transformation of consciousness. How do we reclaim that fire today? On Encountering the Wisdom Jesus, this brilliant author and dynamic Episcopalian priest presents her first full-length audio course on rediscovering the "Master of Wisdom." 12 immersive sessions cover: The parables as wisdom tools Jesus' teachings on kenosis (or "self-emptying"): a path as radical today as it was 2,000 years ago - Jesus as tantric master - "Centering Prayer"--an approach to meditation as Jesus lived it, and much more. Synopsis New teachings and insights on "the quintessential mystic," from bestselling author and Contemplative Society teacher Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault.

About this title

About the Author:

Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Ph.D is an ordained priest of the Episcopal Church. She received her Ph.D. in medieval studies/musicology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. She is a singer, director of medieval dramas, and editor of several books and articles on medieval music and drama, including The Music of Medieval Church Dramas, published by Oxford University Press in 1980. She has been singing psalms for more than 15 years with the Camaldolese Benedictines of Big Sur, California, and more recently with the monks of St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.

From AudioFile:

Drawing on centuries-old materials unearthed in Egypt fifty years ago, Cynthia Bourgeault explores the teachings of Jesus, not as redeemer, but as teacher, showing how people can bring forth the Jesus that is within them. She challenges listeners to examine their faith. Do they believe because Jesus was resurrected, or do they believe in what he taught before the resurrection, such as the lesson of the woman at the well? Bourgeault's presentation is like that of a workshop. She moves through the material in an orderly manner, building on concepts. However, she has a distracting habit of pausing in the middle of sentences where no pause should be. Also, the microphone picks up her intake of breath. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Sounds True
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1591792932
• ISBN 13: 9781591792932
• Binding: Audio CD