Whole-Earth Ethics for Holy Ground - The Development and Practice of 'Sacramental' Creation Spirituality

Earth is facing an ecological crisis. If the Church had offered a more sacred view of creation we might have avoided much of this, but even now we can offer younger generations a sacramental creation spirituality-Holy Communion with the whole Earth-that will serve them better than traditional Christianity's scientific and spiritual indifference to nature.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One-The Integration of Science in Sacramental Creation Spirituality: Relatedness, Responsibility, Redemption
Chapter Two-The Recovery Of Nature Mysticism in Sacramental Creation Spirituality: The Via Positiva, Panentheism, Sacramentalism
Chapter Three-Teilhard De Chardin and the Case for New Theology in Light of a New Creation Story
Chapter Four-Sacramental Creation Spirituality in Maximus the Confessor and Nicholas of Cusa
Chapter Five-The Coincidence and Convergence of Natural and Eucharistic Sacraments
Chapter Six-The Coincidence and Convergence of Ecological and Eucharistic Ethics in a Consecrated Universe
Conclusion-Whole-Earth Ethics for Holy Ground
Postlude-Sacramental Creation Spirituality in On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis and the Earth Charter
Bibliography

About the author

Stephen Hastings, PhD, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.

Summary

Earth is facing an ecological crisis. If the Church had offered a more sacred view of creation we might have avoided much of this, but even now we can offer younger generations a sacramental creation spirituality--Holy Communion with the whole Earth--that will serve them better than traditional Christianity's scientific and spiritual indifference to nature.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen L Hastings, Stephen L. Hastings, Hastings Stephen L.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781498531269
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3126-9
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, RELIGION / Spirituality, SCIENCE / History, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Spirituality & religious experience, History of Science, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and science, Religion & science