{"product_id":"sheer-joy-conversations-with-thomas-aquinas-on-creation-spirituality-9780486842011","title":"Sheer Joy: Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality","description":"\"There is . . . drama and urgency in these dialogues.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Renowned theologian Matthew Fox \"interviews\" Thomas Aquinas in a provocative reevaluation of the thirteenth-century saint. Fox reveals a passionate, prophetic, and mystical celebrator of the blessings of creation. He speaks in a modern forum, questioning the saint about the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality. The responses are culled from Aquinas's works and include pieces never before translated into English. This edition features a foreword by biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake and an afterword by Benedictine monk Bede Griffiths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is an important book and will give much pleasure to those looking for deeper and richer philosophy.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Seizing Aquinas by scapular and capuche, Fox hauls him point by point through the fundamental issues of our day. The introduction is the finest thing on Aquinas I have ever read.\" -- William Everson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Integral Years\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Residual Years\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Matthew Fox allows Aquinas to speak for himself, and at the same time the dialogue enables the relevance of what he says to come across with great clarity.\" -- Rupert Sheldrake, author of \u003ci\u003eScience Set Free \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this book, the teaching of Aquinas comes through with a fullness and an insight that has never been presented in English before, and that moreover is shown to have a vital message for the world today.\" -- Bede Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eA New Vision of Reality \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The sheer joy of the shared commitment of Aquinas and Fox to creation spirituality is contagious and pervades almost every page of this big volume.\" --\u003ci\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ixia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486842011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.60d","brand":"Matthew Fox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637982720156,"sku":"9780486842011","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6587de8b-b2df-4a56-aafd-05413abe80a4.jpg?v=1603846159","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sheer-joy-conversations-with-thomas-aquinas-on-creation-spirituality-9780486842011","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}