Soul Brothers: Men in the Bible Speak to Men Today

by Richard Rohr, Louis Glanzman (Illustrator)

Author Richard Rohr joins with artist Louis Glanzman to reveal the souls of men throughout the ages who have struggled to discover who they really are, and what God wants of them.

Genres: Spirituality

125 pages, Paperback

First published January 20, 2004

About the author

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) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.

Fr. Richard is author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, Eager to Love, and The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation (with Mike Morrell).

Fr. Richard is 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. Visit cac.org for more information.

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was good for me in the season of advent to focus on God again. It was definitely an interesting book with many good perspectives on the men of the old and new testament. If this is your thing then give it a try. I enjoyed it.

[Al Gritten · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really good look at the lives of some of the men in the Bible. Richard Rohr is insightful in his exploration and his writing is very readable. He looks at each character using paintings done by Louis Glanzman that add depth to his understandings as offers insights into the painter's vision of the characters as well. The paintings add a beautiful dimension to Rohr's scriptural and historical analysis of each figure and his thoughts on their relevance to men of faith as we seek to live out our faith in light of the cloud of witnesses who went before us as presented here. The art is very good and Rohr's thoughts and insights are timely.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rohr's style is very accessible. The tone is conversational, the approach is very contemporary.

In this collection of reflections on Biblical figures, my favorite First Testament man is Abraham. His leap in faith is the trust in God required when he is taking his only son up the mountain to sacrifice him, as he believed was the desire of God. But God corrects that notion, and so is revealed as the God who wants intimacy, communion, not distance or fear.
Of the New Testament figures, Rohr resents John the Baptist as a bridge between the 'old' dispensation and the new. Again, revelation is one of forgiveness. John is from a priestly lineage, but he is also an 'outsider', an upstart. He is someone clearing the way.