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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Meaning of Life, Part 49
On the Sabbath try and make no noise that goes beyond your house.
Unfortunately Matthew Fox's book about him is nearly impossible to find. I have a xeroxed, GBC-bound copy, which I got from Matt for the class on Aquinas he taught at the now-defunct University of Creation Spirituality back in 1997.
The book is "Sheer Joy: Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality."
I'll share mine, but you have to come to West Virginia to read it . . . there may be copies floating around out there in libraries.
I will look for it. Big Tom wasn't a big part of my seminary education. The perception was that he was a dry scholastic with an opaque theology enmeshed in a medieval world view. I am willing to have my perceptions changed on that!
6 comments:
Great poem, huh?
Who would expect big Thomas to say such a thing.
Cheers,
Samir
Absolutely! I am enjoying a number of the wonderful poems in your book. I am finishing it this evening. Very hopeful! Thank you!
Thomas Aquinas is much misunderstood.
Unfortunately Matthew Fox's book about him is nearly impossible to find. I have a xeroxed, GBC-bound copy, which I got from Matt for the class on Aquinas he taught at the now-defunct University of Creation Spirituality back in 1997.
The book is "Sheer Joy: Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality."
I'll share mine, but you have to come to West Virginia to read it . . . there may be copies floating around out there in libraries.
I will look for it. Big Tom wasn't a big part of my seminary education. The perception was that he was a dry scholastic with an opaque theology enmeshed in a medieval world view. I am willing to have my perceptions changed on that!
@Sea
Ordered his book on Amazon
Cool! Maybe we should start a new thread called "Aquinas and Jive" -- has a nice double entendre.
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