Sheer Joy: Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality -- Matthew

"There is . . . drama and urgency in these dialogues." -- <i>The Bloomsbury Review</i> <p/> 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. <p/> "This is an important book and will give much pleasure to those looking for deeper and richer philosophy." -- <i>New Humanity</i> <p/> "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 <i>The Integral Years</i> and <i>The Residual Years</i> <p/> "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 <i>Science Set Free </i> <p/> "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