My Book
The Grand Adventure
A New Vision of God, Humanity, and the Universe
The Grand Adventure offers a new vision of God, the universe, and humanity, centered in the radical participation of God in humanity and humanity in God. Anchored in the imago dei as the core reality of the human person, and the imago’s faculty of imagination to capture the divine potentials that flow toward us, we discover new inspiration and renewed freedom and power to co-create, with God and with others, a future that honors life and offers hope.
Grounded in the dynamic cosmologies of evolutionary theorist Ken Wilber and process philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and the seminal christologies of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and John B. Cobb, Jr., we build a compelling model of the universe and the human person within it. Within this new model enfolding the complementary movements of kenosis and theosis – emptying and deification – we meet a Jesus of Nazareth who is human in every way the same as all human persons, who so completely claimed and lived the imago as to release the power of the Christ as the future of all, advancing a transformative path in the world and inaugurating a new direction for human development.
Bridging Christian Tradition and the Wisdom of the Ages
The Grand Adventure takes this new paradigm into the Christian tradition, to discover how this imago dei may shed new light on key elements of its defining story, and on the mystical expressions of its followers down the ages. The unitive experience discovered there will lead us into conversation with the ancient spiritual traditions of the East, and will bring the wisdom and experience of East and West together to create a praxis that will ground and nurture a hopeful imagination, a desire for engagement, and the work to build the world heralded by spiritual giants through the ages.
Finally, we look to the horizon, to an eschatology – as aim and end – that embraces the challenge and the promise of the imago to creatively advance into ever new and fuller expressions of God. Entertaining the images of both heaven and reincarnation from within the cosmology of imago, we arrive in the embrace of an always open future for the adventure of being and becoming within God.
“If you are looking for a way forward in faith; if you are eager for re-presentation of the heart of Christianity, look no further than the abundant wisdom gathered together in Kaira Adam's exceptional book The Grand Adventure. Integrating cosmology, developmental psychology, consciousness studies and spiritual practices, Adam weaves together a harmonious master tapestry of truths. It's not just theoretical either. This is her lived journey and Adam's voice is a compelling invitation to discover more about yourself and the spiritual journey. You won't regret listening deeply to this new voice arising from the vast prairie of presence.”
Rev. Dr. Peter Traben Haas, contemplative thought leader and pastor
Author of the popular series, Centering Prayers
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