A New Reformation Author:Matthew Fox In his latest book Fox calls for a new awakening for Christians that can only happen with a divorce between the fundamentalist teaching of a Punitive Father God, and the other version of Christianity which is expressed by a loving God of justice and compassion that values Earth and eco-justice, science, interfaith and welcoming of the feminine.
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"I believe the church needs a reformation more today than it did five hundred years ago," Fox said. "It needs not only a reformation but a transformation."
During Pentacost week, 2005, Matthew Fox went to Wittenburg to nail the 95 theses contained in this book at the church door where Martin Luther called for a Reformation 500 years ago. Hailed as the "New Reformer" by the German media, Fox noted that the Cathedral today was mainly a tourist stop, an affirmation that today's institutionalized churches are more "museums" than active spiritual centers.
Says Fox: "At this critical time in human and planetary history, when the Earth is being ravaged by the violence of war, poverty, sexism, homophobia and eco-destruction, we need to gather those who offer a future that is one of compassion, creativity and justice to stand up and speak their conscience together as never before. Religion ought to be part of the solution, not the problem."« less