Emmet Fox

Emmet Fox (July 30, 1886 – August 13, 1951) was a New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century, famous for his large Divine Science church services held in New York City during the Great Depression.

Biography

Fox was born in Ireland. His father, who died before Fox was ten, was a physician and member of Parliament.^[1] Fox attended St Ignatius' College, a Jesuit secondary school near Stamford Hill. He became an electrical engineer. However, he discovered early that he had healing power, and from the time of his late teens studied New Thought. He came to know the prominent New Thought writer Thomas Troward.^[1]

Fox attended the London meeting at which the International New Thought Alliance was organized in 1914. He gave his first New Thought talk in Mortimer Hall in London in 1928. Soon he went to the United States, and in 1931 was selected to become the successor to James Murray as the minister of New York's Divine Science Church of the Healing Christ. Fox became immensely popular, and spoke to large church audiences during the Depression, holding weekly services for up to 5,500 people at the New York Hippodrome until 1938 and subsequently at Carnegie Hall.^[2] He was ordained in the Divine Science branch of New Thought.

Fox's secretary was the mother of one of the men who worked with Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W., and partly as a result of this connection early AA groups often went to hear Fox. His writing, especially "The Sermon on the Mount," became popular in AA. Several pamphlets "The Golden Key," and "The Seven Main Aspects of God" are also widely read. Fox combined a precision of mind with a knowledge of the spirit. ^[3]

Bibliography

• The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life. ISBN 0-06-062862-6
• The Ten Commandments. ISBN 0-06-250307-3
• Power Through Constructive Thinking. ISBN 0-06-062861-8
• Around the Year with Emmet Fox: A Book of Daily Readings. ISBN 0-06-250408-8
• Alter Your Life. ISBN 0-06-250897-0
• Make Your Life Worthwhile. ISBN 0-06-062913-4
• Diagrams for Living : The Bible Unveiled. ISBN 0-06-250335-9
• The Seven Day Mental Diet : How to Change Your Life in a Week. ISBN 0-87516-738-1
• Find and Use Your Inner Power. ISBN 0-06-250407-X
• Stake Your Claim: Exploring the Gold Mine Within. ISBN 0-06-250537-8
• The Mental Equivalent: The Secret of Demonstration. ISBN 1603865942

See also

• List of New Thought writers
• Religious Science
• Unity Church
• Divine Science

References

External links

"Influence on Alcoholics Anonymous"

Divine Science
Distinctive doctrines	Affirmative prayer Meditation The Bible Presence of God
Founders	Malinda Cramer Nona L. Brooks Fannie Brooks
Influences	Emma Curtis Hopkins Phineas Parkhurst Quimby
Ministers	Joseph Murphy Ernest Holmes Fenwicke Holmes Emmet Fox
Largest groups	International Divine Science Association

Religious Science/Science of Mind
Beliefs	Spiritual mind treatment
Founder	Ernest Holmes
Notable ministers	Fenwicke Holmes Raymond Charles Barker Stuart Grayson Louise Hay Michael Beckwith Joseph Murphy Jean Houston Terry Cole-Whittaker William Hornaday
Largest groups	Centers for Spiritual Living Seicho-no-Ie Affiliated New Thought Network Global Religious Science Ministries
Influences	Ralph Waldo Emerson Emma Curtis Hopkins Thomas Troward Mary Baker Eddy Phineas Quimby Emmet Fox Church of Divine Science
Other	The Science of Mind Science of Mind