Matthew Fox es un sacerdote y teólogo episcopal estadounidense, reconocido como un destacado exponente de la Espiritualidad de la Creación. Este movimiento se nutre profundamente de las filosofías místicas de visionarios medievales, una tradición que Fox ha defendido a través de sus escritos de gran influencia. Sus libros han llegado a millones, cultivando un seguimiento vasto y diverso al explorar temas espirituales y teológicos profundos con un enfoque distintivo.
Una nueva Teologia y espiritualidad que, lejos de basarse en la penitencia y la autonegacion, nos libera espiritualmente llamandonos a continuar la accion creadora de Dios mediante la transformacion de la realidad.
Matthew Fox presents a transformative theology that redefines concepts of good and evil, advocating for a deeper understanding of our relationship with ourselves, others, and nature. This revised edition features a foreword by Deepak Chopra and a preface addressing contemporary global challenges. Fox argues against traditional church teachings, emphasizing that the physical body is essential to spiritual experience, encouraging readers to embrace a more enlightened and holistic perspective on life.
Focusing on spirituality and social activism, this handbook distills the teachings of a profound mystical and prophetic thinker. Matthew Fox aims to inspire a new generation of sacred activists with accessible insights from a courageous intellectual and spiritual figure. The book serves as a concise platform for understanding the heart and mind of this influential philosopher, scientist, and mystic, making his deep wisdom available, particularly for young readers eager to engage in meaningful social change.
Maverick theologian Matthew Fox presents a bold perspective on historical Christianity, challenging conventional beliefs while offering a theologically grounded approach to personal spiritual liberation. This critically acclaimed bestseller, recognized as one of the "20 books that changed the world," encourages readers to explore their own spiritual journeys and embrace transformative insights.
Matthew Fox's stirring autobiography, Confessions, reveals his personal, intellectual, and spiritual journey from altar boy, to Dominican priest, to his eventual break with the Vatican. Three new chapters in this revised and updated edition bring added perspective in light of the author's continued journey, and his reflections on the current changes taking place in the Catholic church. Instead of living out his vows as a Dominican brother Matthew Fox was expelled from the Order after 34 years by Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI. Fox took this as a warning from the Church that henceforth thinkers should not think, but get in line. It is from this anti-intellectual, inquisition-style mentality that the cover-up of priestly pedophilia also grew as the Vatican appointed several generations of bishops and cardinals whose only criterion for selection was that they be uncritical yes-men. Confessions tells the inside story of what it was like standing in front of the train when the Vatican was on the attack. It also reflects on the meaning of the encouragingly healthy papacy of Pope Francis, but holds little hope for the institutional church. Rather, this book points to the main interest and accomplishments of the author's work to bring spirituality and prophetic warriorhood alive again in society and religion. Fox draws inspiration from great mystics of the past, such as Hildegard of Bingen (a champion of the Divine Feminine) and Meister Eckhart (a profoundly mystical and ecumenical champion of those without a voice), and the return of the archetype of the Cosmic Christ alongside the teachings of the historical Jesus and the bringing forth of the wisdom traditions from all the world's spiritual traditions to stand up for eco-justice, gender justice, economic justice and social justice
The book introduces A.W.E., a learning approach that emphasizes honoring ancestral teachings while nurturing wisdom alongside knowledge. It focuses on the author's 10 Cs, which encompass essential qualities such as compassion, contemplation, and creativity. This innovative method aims to enhance learning, eldering, and mentoring, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of wisdom in educational contexts.
Meister Eckhart was a 13th-century mystic, prophet, feminist, declared heretic, and an early advocate of creation-centered spirituality. This tradition affirms humanity’s potential to act divinely, and it embraces life--living and dying, growing old and sinning, groaning and celebrating--as the creative energy of God in motion. For Eckhart, to be spiritual is to be awake and alive; creation itself was for him the primary sacrament that begins from “the spring of life” or the heart.Eckhart’s pathway and that of the creation tradition is a simple way. It demands no gurus, no fanciful methods, no protracted exercises or retreats. This is why he called it a “wayless way” that is available to everyone, and why he points out that the person “who has found this way needs no other.”
Though he lived in the thirteenth century, Meister Eckhart’s teachings were in many ways modern. His thinking was deeply ecumenical, encompassing Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism as well as shamanism and indigenous spirituality. He advocated for social, economic, and gender justice; taught about what we call ecology; and championed artistic creativity. All these elements have inspired Matthew Fox and influenced his Creation Spirituality. While Fox recognizes that Eckhart has influenced everyone from Teresa of Avila to Eckhart Tolle, Karl Marx to Carl Jung, and Annie Dillard to Anne Morrow Lindbergh, he also wants to introduce Eckhart to those activists addressing contemporary crises. Toward that end, and as he did in his Hildegard of Bingen, Fox creates metaphorical meetings between Eckhart and the Dalai Lama, Thomas Merton, Joanna Macy, Black Elk, Rumi, Adrienne Rich, and others. The result is wonderfully reader-friendly, profoundly substantive, and deeply inspiring.