Matthew Fox: A Courageous Spirituality
Tami Simon speaks with Matthew Fox, a teacher, writer, and theologian. An outspoken pioneer whose books include Original Blessing, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, and The Pope’s War, Matthew was expelled from the Dominican Order and is now an Episcopalian Minister. With Sounds True, Matthew has published the audio learning course Radical Prayer: Love in Action. In this episode, Tami speaks with Matthew about how we can apply the four spiritual paths in every part of life, the value of grief rituals, the reinvention of Christianity, and what spirituality might look like in the future. (60 minutes)
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Thanks for bringing Fox to us. I have read many of his books and listened to a number of his talks and always discover something new….
Comment by Tammie Fowles — August 9, 2011 @ 6:19 pm
I agree with Tammie, Matthew is alive and still sharing a widom that is always discovering somethin new. This is the first time I have come to this site but will return I am sure…
Thank you
Comment by John Goddard — August 11, 2011 @ 9:15 am
Tamoi, you need to learn to speak for recordings – not so low, not so mysterious. Your overly mystical tone deatroys your credibility! Take some voicepover lessons… and speak up!
In supportive feedback,
Lou
Comment by Lou — August 12, 2011 @ 4:26 pm
I have been nurtured, inspired and redirected by Fox for literally 25 years – he revolutionized my own and many people’s understanding of true spirituality, as distinguished from the confusing hollowness of much religion. He liberated us, especially as related to men and women ressurecting “the divine feminine” and the value of women and gay peoples in our culture, religions and in ourselves. He helped many women claim their dignity. He is the first christian theologian who ever spoke of the “Queendom” of Heaven, to have a witch or wiccan practitioner on his Holy Names College faculty in the early 1980′s. His break-out book “Original Blessing” (as opposed to “original sin”) had the guts to dare to take language seriously and change it in service to people, instead of as a shrine to our patriarchal past. He is also a proponent of the divine masculine and the healthy masculine found in sacred masculinity. Fox is nothing less than a type of Carl Jung sourcing the animation of many spiritual thinkers and teachers today. He is a fearless and radical pioneer who went up against the destructive shadow sides of the catholic church and other christian institions. He ripped a hole in the fence for many of us to get clarity and charge through reclaiming and unleashing our spirituality out from under our alienation with religion. It is his shoulders that many of us stand upon today. Thank you for bringing him to light and the attention of more today.
Comment by Taylor Jane Green — August 12, 2011 @ 8:04 pm
Again a Wonderful Wonderful Interview….Thanks
Comment by Sujith — August 13, 2011 @ 7:47 am
Thank you for bringing your insights and acknowledging the most important spiritual issues we are facing in this century. You tie the different truths of all spiritual practices in a very compelling way, and I have renewed hope in the future of Christianity and world spirituality as a reality. Thank you so much<
Sincerely,
Gabrielle Holliday
Comment by Gabrielle Holliday — August 15, 2011 @ 2:07 am
What planet is Lou from? Your voice is beautiful soothing and is what makes this one of the most unique and inviting talk shows ever. Please don’t change or get voice over lessons, we all love your voice!!! Angel
Comment by Angel — August 16, 2011 @ 11:47 pm
Thank you for another great interview, Tami. I have loved your voice and insightful interview questions for years.
Matthew Fox was my professor at the Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality during the 1990s and his work still bears fruit. Thank you, Matthew!
Comment by CJ — August 17, 2011 @ 2:41 pm
thank you, tami for soundstrue.com! i look forward to the joys of this website every month.
Comment by cecilia c center — August 20, 2011 @ 1:14 pm
Mathew talks about four types of spirituality:
• The positive – the joyful, and beautiful.
• The negative – the painful and empty.
• The creative
• Working towards compassion and justice.
We need rituals to help us grieve and religious services to help us celebrate.
Comment by Stanley — September 11, 2011 @ 4:30 pm