Timothy James Fox (born December 21, 1940) is an American

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

and

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. Formerly a member of the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

within the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, he became a member of the Episcopal Church following his expulsion from the order in 1993. Fox has written 35 books that have been translated into 68 languages and have sold millions of copies and by the mid-1990s had attracted a "huge and diverse following".

Life

Dominican friar

Timothy James Fox was born in

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

. In 1960, when he entered the Catholic

(the Order of Preachers), he was given the

religious name A religious name is a type of given name bestowed for a religious purposes, and which is generally used in such contexts. Christianity Catholic Church Baptismal name In baptism, Catholic Church, Catholics are given a Christian name, which should ...

"Matthew". He received masters degrees in both

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

from the Aquinas Institute of Philosophy and Theology and later earned a Doctorate of Spiritual Theology,

summa cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sou ...

, from the

Institut Catholique de Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

, studying with

Marie-Dominique Chenu Marie-Dominique Chenu (; 7 January 1895, Soisy-sur-Seine, Essonne – 11 February 1990, Paris) was a progressive Catholic theologian and one of the founders of the reformist journal '' Concilium''. Early life Chenu was born on 7 January 1895 at ...

who named the Creation Spirituality tradition for him. It was

Thomas Merton Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and giv ...

, the Catholic monk, who steered Fox to study at the Institut catholique de Paris. After receiving his doctorate, Fox began teaching at a series of Catholic universities, including Loyola University in Chicago and Barat College of the Sacred Heart in

Lake Forest, Illinois Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,367. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest ...

. In 1976, Fox moved to Chicago’s

Mundelein College Mundelein College was the last private, independent, Roman Catholic women's college in Illinois. Located on the edge of the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods on the far north side of Chicago, Illinois, Mundelein College was founded and adm ...

(now part of Loyola University) to start the Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality (ICCS), a master's program in Creation Spirituality with a unique

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

that integrated both

left and right brain The lateralization of brain function is the tendency for some neural functions or cognitive processes to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other. The median longitudinal fissure separates the human brain into two distinct cerebra ...

centers and would eventually lead to conflict with Church authorities. His holistic pedagogy included among its faculty Jungian psychologist John Giannini, physicist/cosmologist Brian Swimme, feminist theologian Rosemary Reuther, along with many artists teaching “art as meditation.” In 1983, Fox moved ICCS to

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

, and began teaching at

Holy Names University Holy Names University is a private Roman Catholic university in Oakland, California. It was founded by and remains affiliated with the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. It was founded in 1868 and plans to close in 2023. History The ...

, where he was a professor for 12 years. In 1984 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — the future Pope Benedict XVI, then head of the

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is the oldest among the departments of the Roman Curia. Its seat is the Palace of the Holy Office in Rome. It was founded to defend the Catholic Church from Heresy in Christianity, heresy and is ...

— asked the Dominican Order to investigate Fox’s writings. When three Dominican theologians examined his works and did not find his books heretical, Ratzinger ordered a second review, which was never undertaken.Wroe, Martin. "Turbulent Priest Ministers to the New Age Soul"
''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', UK, July 14, 1992 Due to his questioning of the doctrine of

original sin Original sin is the Christian doctrine that holds that humans, through the fact of birth, inherit a tainted nature in need of regeneration and a proclivity to sinful conduct. The biblical basis for the belief is generally found in Genesis 3 (t ...

, in 1988 Ratzinger forbade Fox from teaching or lecturing for a year. Fox wrote a “Pastoral Letter to Cardinal Ratzinger and the Whole Church,” calling the Catholic Church a dysfunctional family. After a year "sabbatical," Fox resumed writing, teaching, and lecturing. In 1991 his Dominican superior ordered Fox to leave the ICCS in California and return to Chicago or face dismissal. Fox refused. On 31 March 1991 Fox made an extended appearance on the British television discussion programme '' After Dark'', alongside

Piltdown man The Piltdown Man was a paleoanthropological fraud in which bone fragments were presented as the fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human. Although there were doubts about its authenticity virtually from the beginning, the remains ...

debunker Prof Teddy Hall;

secular humanist Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system or life stance that embraces human reason, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basis of morality an ...

activist

Barbara Smoker Barbara Smoker (2 June 1923 – 7 April 2020)

; theologian

N. T. Wright Nicholas Thomas Wright (born 1 December 1948), known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He then became research profe ...

; playwright

Hyam Maccoby Hyam Maccoby ( he, חיים מכובי, 1924–2004) was a Jewish-British scholar and dramatist specialising in the study of the Jewish and Christian religious traditions. He was known for his theories of the historical Jesus and the origins of C ...

(who theorized that Jesus was an apocalyptic Jew and Messianic claimant); author Ian Wilson (known chiefly for speculative writing on the

Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin ( it, Sindone di Torino), also known as the Holy Shroud ( it, Sacra Sindone, links=no or ), is a length of linen cloth bearing the negative image of a man. Some describe the image as depicting Jesus of Nazareth and bel ...

); and others. In 1993, Fox’s conflicts with Catholic authorities climaxed with his expulsion from the Dominican Order for "disobedience," effectively ending his professional relationship with the Church and his teaching at its universities. Among the issues Ratzinger objected to were his feminist theology; calling God "Mother;" preferring the concept of Original Blessing over Original Sin; not condemning homosexual behavior; and teaching the four paths of creation spirituality — the ''Via Positiva'', ''Via Negativa'', ''Via Creativa'' and ''Via Transformativa'' — instead of the Church’s classical three paths of purgation, illumination and union. Writing in ''The New York Times'', Molly O'Neill says that the Vatican was presented with a request on the part of the Dominicans that the theologian be dismissed. According to John L. Allen, Jr., it was largely in reaction to the unconventional programming at ICCS, with a faculty that included a masseuse, a

Zen Buddhist Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

, a

yoga Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...

teacher, and a self-described

witch Witchcraft traditionally means the use of Magic (supernatural), magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In Middle Ages, medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually ...

named

Starhawk Starhawk (born Miriam Simos on June 17, 1951) is an American feminist and author. She is known as a theorist of feminist Neopaganism and ecofeminism. In 2013, she was listed in Watkins' ''Mind Body Spirit'' magazine as one of the 100 Most Spir ...

Episcopal priest

After his expulsion, Fox met young

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

activists in England who were using "raves" as a way to bring life back to their liturgy and to attract young people to church worship. He was inspired to begin holding his own series of “Techno Cosmic Masses” in Oakland and other U.S. cities, events designed to connect people to a more ecstatic and visceral celebration and relationship with ritual and the building of community. Fox was received into the Episcopal Church (

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...

) as a priest in 1994 by

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

William Swing of the

Episcopal Diocese of California The Episcopal Diocese of California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) in Northern California. The founding Episcopal diocese in the state, once encompassing all of Californ ...

. In 1996, Fox founded the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, an outgrowth of his institutes at Mundelein and Holy Names. The university offered similar master's degree programs in creation spirituality and related studies. It was initially accredited through an affiliation with

New College of California New College of California was a college founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971 by former Gonzaga University President John Leary. It ceased operations in early 2008. New College's main campus was housed in several buildings in the Mission ...

, before shifting in 1999 to affiliate with the

Naropa Institute Naropa University is a private university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the 11th-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. The university describes itself as ...

of Boulder, Colorado, creating and running Naropa’s master's degree program. The university also added a separate doctorate of ministry degree, with a curriculum based on his 1993 book ''The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time'', which talked about a "priesthood of all workers". Fox led the University of Creation Spirituality for nine years, then was succeeded as president by James Garrison in 2005. The institution was subsequently renamed Wisdom University. Since leaving the university, Fox has continued to lecture, write and publish books. In 2005, he founded an educational organization geared to reach out to inner city youth called Youth and Elder Learning Laboratory for Ancestral Wisdom Education (YELLAWE). The YELLAWE program is based on a holistic approach to education and creativity derived from Fox’s master’s level programs. It also includes physical training in bodily meditation practices such as tai chi. YELLAWE has operated in inner-city school systems in Oakland and Chicago. Fox's proponents hold that his teachings are more gender neutral, ecology sensitive, and accepting of non-traditional sexuality, than church orthodoxy.

Creation Spirituality

While some academic theologians refer to Fox as the next

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ( (); 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. He was Darwinian in outlook and the author of several influential theological and phil ...

, others call him a populizer, not an intellectual. Robert Brow characterizes the teachings as "esoteric excursions into ethics, theology, and mysticism".

Basic tenets

Fox’s conception of Creation Spirituality draws on both a close reading of biblical sources and early medieval mystics within Christian traditions as well as today's science. It seeks common ground with numerous faiths from around the world, in an approach Fox called “deep ecumenism” for its connections across many spiritual practices. This was described most particularly in his book ''One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths''. Creation Spirituality considers itself a “green” theology, emphasizing a holy relationship between humanity and nature. Accordingly, the sacredness of nature is considered a sacrament and creation is considered an expression of God and the “

Cosmic Christ The cosmic Christ is a view of Christology which emphasises the extent of Jesus Christ's concern for the cosmos. The biblical bases for a cosmic Christology is often found in Colossians, Ephesians, and the prologue to the gospel of John. Early ...

”. This approach was endorsed by eco-theologian

Thomas Berry Thomas Berry, CP (November 9, 1914 – June 1, 2009) was a Catholic priest, cultural historian, and scholar of the world’s religions, especially Asian traditions. Later, as he studied Earth history and evolution, he called himself a “geolog ...

among others. Fox’s book ''The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance'' delves more into these issues. Fox also laid out other tenets of Creation Spirituality in some of his other books, particularly ''Original Blessing,'' ''A Spirituality Named Compassion,'' and ''Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth''. Fox’s 1996 autobiography, ''Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest'', describes his life as a Dominican priest and his struggle with the Vatican as he wrote about his experiences and understanding of early Christianity. This book was updated and published by North Atlantic Books in 2016. Fox also has authored or edited nearly 35 other books, largely on various spiritual teachings, teachers and mystics (listed below). He was the first to translate Meister Eckhart into English from the critical German editions along with a commentary on his work and helped to launch the Hildegard of Bingen revival. His book on the mysticism of Thomas Aquinas translates many of his works that have never before been translated into English, German or French. Fox's theological positions have been categorized as a type of

monism Monism attributes oneness or singleness (Greek: μόνος) to a concept e.g., existence. Various kinds of monism can be distinguished: * Priority monism states that all existing things go back to a source that is distinct from them; e.g., i ...

, specifically

panentheism Panentheism ("all in God", from the Greek language, Greek grc, πᾶν, pân, all, label=none, grc, ἐν, en, in, label=none and grc, Θεός, Theós, God, label=none) is the belief that the Divinity, divine intersects every part of Univers ...

. Some have claimed this approach is integral to Fox's creation spirituality. Fox's theology has received plaudits from noted spiritual figures including Dom

Bede Griffiths Bede Griffiths OSB Cam (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in Sou ...

, OSB, who said: "“(Matthew Fox’s) creation spirituality is the spirituality of the future and his Theology of the

is the theology of the future.” About the 25th anniversary edition of ''Original Blessing'',

John B. Cobb John Boswell Cobb, Jr. (born 9 February 1925) is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. Cobb is often regarded as the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, the school of thought associ ...

, professor emeritus at the

Claremont School of Theology Claremont School of Theology (CST) is an American graduate school focused on religion and theology and located in Claremont, California. CST is fully recognized and approved as one of thirteen official theological schools of the United Methodi ...

, wrote: "Fox's accomplishment in ''Original Blessing'' was more than to recover a form of spirituality that had been obscured and to show its profound relevance and importance for our time. He used spirituality as an avenue into the depths of Christian faith and theology in general...Gradually the book is assuming the status of a classic. In due course, it will take its place in the history of spirituality and indeed in the history of theology."

Techno Cosmic Mass

Fox's "Techno Cosmic Mass" (more recently called "Cosmic Mass") is an attempt to combine the religious ritual of the

Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...

with dance and multimedia material, deejays, video jockeys and rap music. They evoke and connect spiritual rituals and the ecstatic energy of

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...

and

rave parties A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mu ...

. They developed from a group called the Nine O'Clock Service in

Sheffield, England Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and ...

, in the late 1980s and early 1990s and were brought to the United States and further developed by Fox. Over 100 Cosmic Masses have been celebrated in North America and numerous persons have studied how to present them.

95 theses

In 2005, while preparing for a presentation in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

and following the election of Ratzinger as

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

, Fox created 95 theses that he then translated into

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

. On the weekend of

Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...

, arrangements were made for him to nail these to the door of the

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...

church where

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...

nailed the original

95 Theses The ''Ninety-five Theses'' or ''Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences''-The title comes from the 1517 Basel pamphlet printing. The first printings of the ''Theses'' use an incipit rather than a title which summarizes the content ...

in the 16th century, an act often associated with the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

. The action fueled the creation of a lively blog involving tens of thousands of Germans. In his theses, Fox called for a new reformation in Western Christianity. In his supporting book, ''A New Reformation'', Fox argued that two Christianities already exist and it is time for a new reformation to acknowledge that fact and move the Western spiritual tradition into new directions.Theologian Nails 95 Theses for a New Reformation

Ekklesia (think tank) Ekklesia is a not-for-profit British think tank which examines the role of religion on public life and policy in the UK. History Ekklesia was founded in 2002 by Jonathan Bartley and Simon Barrow. In September 2002, Ekklesia launched a Sunday p ...

, 7 June 2005

Books

* ''Religion USA: Religion and Culture by way of TIME Magazine'' (1971), Listening Press, * ''On Becoming a Musical, Mystical Bear: Spirituality American Style'' (1972), Harper & Row, , (1976) Paulist Press, paperback: Republished as ''Prayer: A Radical Response to Life'' (2001), Tarcher/Putnam, * ''Western Spirituality: Historical Roots, Ecumenical Routes'' (1979) Fides/Claretian * ''A Spirituality Named Compassion and the Healing of the Global Village, Humpty Dumpty and Us'' (1979), Winston Press, , (1990) Harper San Francisco, paperback: , (1999) Inner Traditions: * ''Whee! We, Wee All the Way Home: A Guide to the New Sensual Prophetic Spirituality'' (1980), Bear & Company, * ''Breakthrough: Meister Eckhart's Creation Spirituality, in New Translation'' (1980), Doubleday (translated from German, with commentary) (1980) Image, paperback, ; republished as Passion for Creation: The Earth-honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart (2000), Inner Traditions, * ''Western Spirituality: Historical Roots, Ecumenical Routes'' (1981), Bear & Company, * ''Manifesto for a Global Civilization'' (with Brian Swimme), 1982, Bear & Company, * ''Meditations with Meister Eckhart'' (1983), Bear & Company, * ''Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality'' (1983), Bear & Company revised ed. 1996, , Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions, (2000) Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, * ''Illuminations on Hildegard of Bingen Text by Hildegard of Bingen/Commentary by Matthew Fox''; (1985) Bear & Co. paperback , Republished (2002) Bear & Company. paperback * ''Hildegard of Bingen's Book of Divine Works: With Letters and Songs'' (1987), Bear & Company, * ''The Coming of the Cosmic Christ'' (1988) Harper San Francisco, (1988) HarperOne, paperback, * ''Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth'' (1991), Harper San Francisco, * ''Creation Spirituality and the Dreamtime'', with Catherine Hammond, eds. (1991) Morehouse Publishing Co., * ''Sheer Joy: Conversations With Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality'' (1992), Harper San Francisco, (2003) Tarcher/Putnam paperback: , foreword: Rupert Sheldrake, afterword: Bede Griffiths, translation: Richard Tres * ''The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time'', (1993) Harpercollins (hardcover) (1995) Harper One (paperback) * ''The Sacred Universe with Rupert Sheldrake'', (1993) Sounds True (audiocassette) * ''Wrestling With the Prophets: Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life'' (1995), Harper San Francisco, , (2003) Tarcher, paperback: * ''Passion for Creation: The Earth-honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart'', (1995), Doubleday, * ''Vision: The Life and Music of Hildegard von Bingen'' with Hildegard of Bingen, Barbara Newman, Jane Bobko (1995) Studio * ''In the Beginning There Was Joy: A Celebration of Creation for Children of All Ages'' (1995) Crossroad Publishing Company , (1995) Godsfield Press Ltd. (paperback) * ''The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet'' (1996), coauthor Rupert Sheldrake, Harper San Francisco, , Revised edition 2014, Monkfish Publishing Company, * ''Natural Grace: Dialogues on Creation, Darkness, and the Soul in Spirituality and Science'', with coauthor Rupert Sheldrake, (1996), Doubleday, , (1997) Image paperback: * ''Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest'' (1996), HarperOne , (1997) Harper San Francisco, paperback: , (Fox autobiography), updated edition 2015, North Atlantic Books, * ''A Spirituality Named Compassion'' (1999) Inner Traditions * ''One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths'' (2000), Jeremy P. Tarcher, , (2000) * ''Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Lessons for Transforming Evil in Soul and Society'', (2000) Doubleday, hardcover, , (2000) Three Rivers Press, paperback, , Revised edition 2016, North Atlantic Books, * ''Prayer: A Radical Response to Life'' 2001 Tarcher * ''Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet'' (2002), Jeremy P. Tarcher, (hardcover) , Tarcher (2004) * ''Wrestling With the Prophets: Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life'' 2003 Tarcher * ''One River, Many Wells'' (2004) Tarcher, hardcover, , (2004) Tarcher, paperback, * ''Sheer Joy'' (2003) Tarcher * ''A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity'' (2006), Inner Traditions, hardcover, (Fox's "95 Theses"), (2006) * ''The A.W.E. Project: Reinventing Education, Reinventing the Human'' (2006) CopperHouse paperback/CD/DVD edition * ''The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine'' (2008) New World Library, hardcover, , (2009) New World Library * ''The Pope’s War: Why Ratzinger’s Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved'' (2011), Sterling Ethos, * ''Christian Mystics: 365 Readings and Meditations'' (2011), New World Library, * ''Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint For Our Times'' (2012), Namaste Publishing, * ''Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision For a New Generation'' (2013), coauthor Adam Bucko, North Atlantic Books, * ''Letters to Pope Francis'' (2013), Level Five Media, LLC, * ''Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior For Our Times'' (2014), New World Library, * ''Stations of the Cosmic Christ'' (2016), Tayen Lane Publishing, * ''A Way To God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey'' (2016), New World Library, * ''The Order of the Sacred Earth'' (2017), with Skylar Wilson and Jen Listug, Monkfish Publishing Company, * ''Julian of Norwich: Wisdom in a Time of Pandemic--And Beyond'' (2020), iUniverse, (sc) (e)

References

Other media

External links

Matthew Fox & Creation SpiritualityCreation Spirituality website
*
25th Anniversary Celebration of Original BlessingMatthew Fox MP3 audio
- from ''Shift in Action'', sponsored by

Institute of Noetic Sciences The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is an American non-profit parapsychological research institute. It was co-founded in 1973 by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell,Pfeffer, Elizabeth''Stars aligned: Astronaut's mission seeks to answer life's b ...

Prayer Party -- Techno Mass Rocks Religious in Oakland: Music, dance celebrate spirituality
by Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 25, 1997

New York Times Magazine, June 22, 1997 * ttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/02/05/MN101144.DTL East-West Naropa Institute Plans to Open in Oakland: Move is part of Jerry Brown's downtown planBy Rick DelVecchio, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 5, 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Matthew 1940 births Living people 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests 20th-century American Roman Catholic theologians American Episcopal priests American Episcopal theologians 20th-century American memoirists American spiritual writers Aquinas Institute of Theology alumni Institut Catholique de Paris alumni Converts to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism Dissident Roman Catholic theologians Former Dominicans Loyola University Chicago faculty Naropa University faculty Nautilus Book Award winners New Thought writers Panentheists Religious leaders from the San Francisco Bay Area Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area Writers from Madison, Wisconsin