About the Author

Richard Rohr
Fray Richard Rohr es un maestro ecuménico globalmente reconocido que da testimonio del despertar universal dentro del misticismo cristiano y la Tradición Perenne. Es sacerdote franciscano de la provincia de Nuevo México, y fundador del Centro para la Acción y la Contemplación (CAC.org) en Albuquerque. Su enseñanza está arraigada en la ortodoxia alterna franciscana (prácticas de contemplación y despojarse uno mismo), que se expresa en una compasión radical, particularmente hacia los marginados socialmente.

Fray Richard es el autor de numerosos libros, entre los que se incluyen Everything Belongs, Adam's Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, y Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. Es también decano académico de la Escuela Viviente para la Acción y la Contemplación. Acudiendo al lugar del cristianismo dentro de la Tradición Perenne, la misión de la escuela es producir individuos compasivos y potentemente instruidos que trabajarán por el cambio positivo en el mund, o basándose en la conciencia de nuestra unión común con Dios y todos los seres.

Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC.org) in Albuquerque. His teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy--practices of contemplation and self-emptying--expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.

Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam's Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. He is also Academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing upon Christianity's place within the Perennial Tradition, the mission of the Living School is to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings.

Mike Morrell
Mike Morrell es director de comunicaciones del tanque de pensamiento Teología Integral de Presence International, cofundador de The Buzz Seminar, y organizador fundador del festival de la justicia, las artes y la espiritualidad, Wild Goose. Es un ávido escritor, periodista freelance para publicaciones entre las que se incluyen Conspire y RELEVANT, consultor editorial, coach de autor, y comisario de la comunidad de reseñas de libros en TheSpeakeasy.info. Denominado a sí mismo "opti-místico" y maestro principal y facilitador en espacios de fe emergente, Morrell explora Espíritu, cultura y permacultura en su blog en MikeMorrell.org.

Mike también organiza experiencias contemplativas y comunitarias mediante Authentic World, Relational Yoga, ManKind Project, y (H) Opp, alegrándose en proporcionar espacio para la extraordinaria transformación que puede tener lugar en la intersección de anticipación, imaginación y aceptación radical. Mike vive con su esposa y sus dos hijas en Carolina del Norte.

Mike Morrell is the Communications Director for the Integral Theology think tank Presence International, cofounder of The Buzz Seminar, and a founding organizer of the justice, arts, and spirituality Wild Goose Festival. He is an avid writer, freelance journalist for publications including Conspire and RELEVANT, publishing consultant, author coach, and the curator of the book-reviewing community at TheSpeakeasy.info. A self-titled "opti-mystic" and leading teacher and facilitator in emerging faith spaces, Morrell explores Spirit, Culture, and Permaculture on his blog at mikemorrell.org.

Mike also curates contemplative and community experiences via Authentic World, Relational Yoga, the ManKind Project, and (H) Opp, taking joy in holding space for the extraordinary transformation that can take place at the intersection of anticipation, imagination, and radical acceptance. Mike lives with his wife and two daughters in North Carolina.

Reviews

The Divine Dance is a joyful plunge into what is often dry academic mystery. Richard Rohr shares his exploration into the sacred and challenges us all to come along on the nourishing journey to community.
--Simone Campbell, SSS
NETWORK Executive Director, lawyer, advocate, poet,
and author, A Nun on the Bus
NetworkLobby.org

The Divine Dance reminds us that God is a holy community--Father, Son, Spirit. And that humanity is created in the image of community, with a deep longing to love and be loved. This book calls us to be like God--to belong to each other, to be one as God is one, and to refuse to do life alone.
--Shane Claiborne
Activist and author, Jesus for President
RedLetterChristians.org

En serio, amigos, esto es Richard en plena forma, haciendo lo que mejor hace: mostrándonos cómo las mejores ideas para el futuro en realidad han estado aquí, en la tradición de Jesús, todo el tiempo. En estas páginas es la Trinidad, esa vieja palabra tan familiar, la que de repente cobra perspectiva y electricidad cuando vemos lo práctico y útil, lo sanador e inspirador, lo provocativo y peligroso que es este concepto de lo Divino. ¡Nuestro franciscano favorito lo ha hecho otra vez!
--Rob Bell
Orador, maestro y autor, Love Wins
Seriously friends, this is Richard in peak form, doing what he does best: showing you how the best ideas for the future have actually been here, in the Jesus tradition, the whole time. In these pages it's the Trinity--that old familiar word--that suddenly gets infused with insight and electricity as you see just how practical and helpful and healing and inspiring and provocative and dangerous this conception of the Divine is. Our favorite Franciscan has done it again!
--Rob Bell
Speaker, teacher, and author, Love Wins
RobBell.com

Encontrando el punto justo donde la ciencia contemporánea se encuentra con el misticismo antiguo, y la teología se encuentra con la poesía, La Danza Divina dibuja una hermosa coreografía para una vida bien vivida.En nuestro gozo o nuestro dolor, la verdadera vida siempre es relacional, un fluir, un baile. (Y siempre tuvo esa intención.)
--Bono, U2 Humanity, says Richard Rohr, is a perfect rhyme for what Christianity, trying to express the inexpressible, calls the holy trinity. This human dance we're all in reflects a mysterious divine dance, one that we notice on our best days. Finding the sweet spot where contemporary science meets ancient mysticism, and theology meets poetry, The Divine Dance sketches a beautiful choreography for a life well-lived. In our joy or our pain, true life is always relational, a flow, a dance. (And was always meant to be.)
--Bono, U2

It's ironic that, while we have many religious institutions named after the Trinity, we are increasingly plagued by feelings of isolation and loneliness because we fail to truly experience this mysterious Three-In-One. With wisdom, compassion, and deep theological insight, Rohr and Morrell help readers begin to hear the music, understand the invitation, and feel the joy that leads our souls to enter into the Divine Dance.
--Sarah Thebarge
Author, The Invisible Girls
SarahThebarge.com

More and more people are struggling with conventional understandings of God, like the big white guy on a throne with a long beard and a fistful of swords and lightning bolts by which you (or your enemies) might be smitten at any moment if you don't think or act correctly. For many, the concept of Trinity simply triples their God-problems. But in The Divine Dance, Richard Rohr and Mike Morrell explore the Trinity as a pathway beyond problematic understandings of God. This beautifully-written book can do far more than change your troubled thoughts about God: it can change your way of thinking about God entirely.
--Brian D. McLaren
Activist, speaker, and author, We Make the Road by Walking
brianmclaren.net

Richard Rohr es uno de los grandes maestros espirituales de nuestra época, y sin duda de cualquier época. Su magnífico nuevo libro sobre la Trinidad es Rohr estilo vintage: lúcido, provocativo, inspirador, retador y, sobre todo, bañado de la presencia del Espíritu Santo. La Trinidad seguirá siendo siempre un profundo misterio, pero después de leer el libro del Padre Rohr, la experimentarás como un misterio que puede transformar y transformará tu vida.
--James Martin, SJ
Autor de Jesus: A Pilgrimage y Seven Last Words Richard Rohr is one of the great spiritual masters of our time, indeed of any time. His superb new book on the Trinity is vintage Rohr: clearheaded, provocative, inspiring, challenging, and, most of all, suffused with the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Trinity will of course always remain a profound mystery, but after reading Father Rohr's book, you will experience it as a mystery that can, and will, transform your life.
--James Martin, SJ
Author, Jesus: A Pilgrimage and Seven Last Words

Rohr and Morrell have given us a liberating and yet totally orthodox invitation into the life of God. This book is a celebration of the Trinity, not as bad math (1+1+1=3), and not as baffling mystery to avoid, but as the divine movement of love. I'm grateful for a book that speaks God not with pretense and jargon, but with wisdom and genuine human experience. The Divine Dance is an example of why Rohr has had such a profound influence on so many Christians seeking to balance reason and mystery, action and contemplation, not to mention faith and real life.
--Nadia Bolz-Weber
Pastor, House for All Sinners and Saints
Author, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
NadiaBolzWeber.com