Bogosity

This is a great interview- especially for you SSF readers out there:

The Religion Report – 15 November 2006 – Father Richard Rohr OFM

They talk about Buddhism and Christian mysticism.

Stephen Crittenden: You’re part of the 800-year tradition of St Francis and St Bonaventure, but are you also in the sort of American ‘feel good’ New Age guru tradition? Is there part of the Oprah Winfrey and Dr Phil in what you’re doing?

Richard Rohr: Well in the sense that I’m trying to find a language and metaphors that make sense to the present consciousness. If you want to call that New Age, I don’t think it is, I think it’s the Gospel of Paul himself, took upon himself to be all things to all people, and I think that’s our task too. But whenever you do that, even John’s Gospel that uses a philosophical word like logos, are we going to accuse him of being overly trendy because he found a language that contemporary people could hear? I don’t think so. But that’s an umbrella word like New Age is an umbrella word that Christians apply today to almost anything they don’t understand. And they don’t realise that some of the things they don’t understand are their own tradition.