A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation Spirituality Journey

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A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation Spirituality Journey

This unique reflection was prompted by an invitation Matthew Fox received to speak on the centennial of Thomas Mertonâ€™s birth. Fox says that much of the trouble heâ€™s gotten into â€” such as being excommunicated in 1993 from the Dominican Order by Cardinal Ratzinger (who later became Pope Benedict) â€” was because of Thomas Merton, who sent Fox to Paris to complete a doctoral program in philosophy. Fox found that Mertonâ€™s journals, poetry, and religious writings revealed a deeply ecumenical philosophy and a contemplative life experience similar to that of Meister Eckhart, the fourteenth-century mystic/theologian who inspired Foxâ€™s own â€œcreation spirituality.â€ It is little surprise to find Fox and Merton to be kindred spirits, but the intersections Fox finds with Eckhart are intellectually profound, spiritually enlightening, and delightfully engaging.

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