This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, EnvironmentRoger S. Gottlieb Routledge, 1996 - 673 pages This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new eco-theological selections. Historical and contemporary selections from key authors and a multicultural range of sources make This Sacred Earth an invaluable teaching resource and a unique introduction to the theory and practice of religious environmentalism. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 286
... bodies in the universe , so also does the liberating , healing , and suffering love of God . The resurrected Christ is the cosmic Christ , the Christ freed from the body of Jesus of Nazareth , to be present in and to all bodies.2 The ...
... bodies in the universe , so also does the liberating , healing , and suffering love of God . The resurrected Christ is the cosmic Christ , the Christ freed from the body of Jesus of Nazareth , to be present in and to all bodies.2 The ...
Page 291
... bodies as valuable in and for themselves and to God . One of the motifs of our analysis of the model of the world as God's body from the perspective of the common creation story is that all bodies are united in webs of interrelatedness ...
... bodies as valuable in and for themselves and to God . One of the motifs of our analysis of the model of the world as God's body from the perspective of the common creation story is that all bodies are united in webs of interrelatedness ...
Page 327
... body and its return to a transcendent world outside the earth . The earth and the body must be left behind in order to ascend to another , heavenly world of disem- bodied life . Even though the Hebrew idea of resurrection of the body ...
... body and its return to a transcendent world outside the earth . The earth and the body must be left behind in order to ascend to another , heavenly world of disem- bodied life . Even though the Hebrew idea of resurrection of the body ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
African Afrocentric agriculture Agroecology Aldo Leopold American animals anthropocentric beauty become believe Bible biblical Black blessing body brachot Buddhist called Catal Huyuk Christ Christian church cosmic cosmos created creation creatures culture deep ecology destruction divine domination Earth First!ers eco-social Ecofeminism ecological crisis economic ecosystems ecotheology environment environmental crisis environmental ethics environmental theology example exploitation faith forest forms Gaia Gary Snyder God's Goddess heaven holy human Ibid Indian Jewish Joanna Macy John Seed justice land liberation living LORD Lynn White male modern moral mother movement Native American natural world Neolithic nonhuman nature organizations ourselves perspective plants political Press relation relationship religion religious responsibility ritual sacramental sacred salvation Santmire sense social society species spiritual stewardship sustainable symbol theology things tion tradition trees universe Vrindavana Western White women York