Green Sisters - A Spiritual Ecology

Informationen zum Autor Sarah McFarland Taylor is Associate Professor of Religion at Northwestern University. Klappentext ¿Green sisters,¿ environmentally active Catholic nuns, work to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. Inviting us into their world, Taylor offers a firsthand understanding of the experiences of women whose lives bring together orthodoxy and activism, and whose lifestyle provides a compelling view of sustainable living. Zusammenfassung “Green sisters,” environmentally active Catholic nuns, work to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. Inviting us into their world, Taylor offers a firsthand understanding of the experiences of women whose lives bring together orthodoxy and activism, and whose lifestyle provides a compelling view of sustainable living. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Planetary Call and Response 1. The Green Catholic Imagination: Varieties of Companion Planting 2. Standing Their Ground: From Pioneering Nuns to Bioneering Sisters 3. It Isn't Easy Being Green: Habitat! Habits! and Hybrids 4. "Changeless and Changing": Engaged Monasticism in the Ecozoic Era 5. Nourishing the Earthbody: Sacramental Foodways and Culinary Eucharist 6. "The Tractor Is My Pulpit": Sacred Agriculture as Priestly Practice 7. Saving Seeds: Heirloom Conservation and Genetic Sanctuaries 8. Stations of the Earth: Body Prayer! Labyrinths! and Other Peripatetic Rituals Conclusion: Stepping into the Future Critical Mass--Earth Ministries in the United States and Canada Notes Acknowledgments Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah McFarland Taylor
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780674034952
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03495-2
• Pagine: 384
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, NATURE / Ecology, RELIGION / Clergy, Religion & beliefs, Applied ecology, Religious and spiritual figures, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church