Comments on: Learning about Christian Mystics

By: Bruce Furnival

Bruce Furnival — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:06:06 +0000

From the above quotations I get the following impression. If Fox is implying that the truth is that Jesus is not divine and part of the Trinity, then Fox is too much of a rebel and has succumbed to what Saint Teresa of Avila in her book “The Interior Castle” calls reptiles. I recommend reading the works of the Christian mystics directly, not commentaries on them by intellectuals.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:46:47 +0000

Read the book The Emissary by R St.Thomas and see what mysticism did to the German people and their embracing of Nazism.

By: Kate Bednarski

Kate Bednarski — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:33:07 +0000

I am one of the fortunate graduates of Matthew Fox’s masters program in Creation Spirituality where we dove deep into the mystics and his theology…a delicious experience which changed the course of my life path. I heard Matthew speak last week and picked up a copy of Christian Mystics. Fox’s sharing of the mystics, historical and modern, combined with his own philosophy taken as a daily dose gives one hope. I savor starting each day with a reading. We need his perspective in our day…a time when conservative righteousness runs rampant with too few counter views to take in.

By: Gene Barrette

Gene Barrette — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:57:46 +0000

I just finished reading his book Creativity today.
It is filled with Fox’s brilliant insights and offers much in terms of how to bring life to us as individuals – and most important, how to turn things around in our world devoted to a true “culture of death” – death of imagination, of care, of compassion, of community, of joy, of justice, of the desire and energy to build bridges instead of walls. We have been created to “create” – be life givers, not death dealers.
Fox generates real enthusiasm for this. Read him and dance ….

By: Deborah Blake

Deborah Blake — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:49:11 +0000

What a fascinating looking book. I’m afraid my knowledge of Christian Mysticism is about on a par with your knowledge of the authors thereof, but this sounds like a book I might even like.

By: Julie Loar

Julie Loar — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:41:15 +0000

Thanks for the nod and the unexpected synergy of your insight. I am thrilled with the comparison.