Matthew Fox (priest)

Timothy James "Matthew" Fox (born 1940) is an American Episcopal priest and theologian, ex-member of the Dominican Order. Quotes I am increasingly convinced that one of humankind's most grievous sins is our anthropocentrism. By cutting ourselves off from the rest of creation, we are left bereft of awe and wonder and therefore of reverence and gratitude. We violate our very beings, and we have nothing but trivia to teach our young. The Reinvention of Work (New York: Harper, 1994), p. 128. The essence of our nature is to give birth, not to destroy. To create. We see this in the love of mother and child and in the love of artist for his or her art. The dilemma is that the very powers we possess for creativity can just as easily become employed to destroy with. Creativity (New York: Penguin, 2002), ch. one. External links Category:Authors from the United States Category:Living people Category:Theologians from Wisconsin Category:Clergy from the United States Category:Episcopalians from the United States