A Spirituality Named Compassion: And the Healing of the Global Village, Humpty Dumpty and Us

by Matthew Fox

Fox unites mystical awareness with social justice to establish a spirituality of compassion as the framework for an ecofeminisim that promises personal, social, and global healing.

Genres: Spirituality, Theology, Religion, Christianity, Nonfiction, Philosophy

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Timothy James "Matthew " Fox is an American priest and theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican Order within the Catholic Church, he became a member of the Episcopal Church following his expulsion from the order in 1993.
Fox has written 35 books that have been translated into 68 languages and have sold millions of copies and by the mid-1990s had attracted a "huge and diverse following"

Reviews

[Tamara Suttle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book that goes back to the Hebrew and Greek texts to explain that real compassion is not a feeling or emotion; instead it is an act of mutuality.

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most important books I have read. Fox is always deep but readable. He relates creativity and compassion to spiritual growth. I have used his wisdom in a monthly column, articles I write for a magazine, The New Brunswick Anglican. I have read it more than once.

[Amanda Marotz Roemer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the first few chapters of the book. but I feel he was reaching a bit on the macro concepts.