Summary Of Matthew Fox's Creation Spirituality

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In the John reading today, the word “Word” was substituted with “Creative Energy.” This reworking comes directly from theologian Matthew Fox’s work on Creation Spirituality. Fox believes that “a theology of the word of God has practically killed the word of God.” A theology of the word of God has practically killed the word of God. What does he mean by this? When the biblical term “word” was translated from the Hebrew word “Dabhar,” much was lost in translation. It was translated without regard to what the word “word” actually means in our culture. For example, when we hear the word “word,” we are so limited in how we conceptualize this because we think of it in very concrete ways: As in, the printed word, the radio word, the computer

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