In this critically acclaimed bestseller, named "the overall most influential psycho-spiritual book of the 1980's," maverick theologian Matthew Fox provides a daring view of historical Christianity, and a theologically sound basis for the personal discovery of spiritual liberation.
Christianity once celebrated beauty, compassion, justice, and provided a path of positive knowledge and ecstatic connection with all creation. Is this Western mystical tradition still alive? Why does moder Christianity place so much emphasis on original sin? Is there a basis in our own spirituality for environmentalism, feminism, political activism, and social justice?
Matthew Fox comments. “Religion has failed people in the West as often as it has been silent about pleasure or about original blessing… [The creation tradition] has been forgotten almost entirely it has been kept alive by artists, poets, scientists, feminists, and political prophets, but not theologians.”