The Travail of Nature

The Travail of Nature
Title The Travail of Nature PDF eBook
Author H. Paul Santmire
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 296
Release 1985-01-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781451409277

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The Travail of Nature shows that the theological tradition in the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long-forgotten, ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crisis and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find. This is why it is appropriate to speak of the ambiguous ecological promises of Christian theology.

Before Nature

Before Nature
Title Before Nature PDF eBook
Author H. Paul Santmire
Publisher Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Pages 283
Release 2014
Genre Religion
ISBN 1451473001

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Before Nature caps a set of themes first brought to the fore in Santmires previous work. Santmire continues the pursuit of a theology bound up with nature and its condition, especially the fragility and fervent expectation of natures redemption. Santmire invites readers on a theological and spiritual journey to a prayerful and contemplative knowledge of the Triune God, in which practitioners are inducted into a bountiful relationship with the cosmic and universal ministry of Christ and the Spirit.

Ritualizing Nature

Ritualizing Nature
Title Ritualizing Nature PDF eBook
Author H. Paul Santmire
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Liturgics
ISBN 9780800662943

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* Invites readers to connect worship with ecological stewardship * Assesses and reconfigures Christian attitudes toward nature * Proposes a new understanding of liturgy and Eucharist

Behold the Lilies

Behold the Lilies
Title Behold the Lilies PDF eBook
Author H. Paul Santmire
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 98
Release 2017-03-21
Genre Religion
ISBN 1498240275

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Behold the Lilies draws from the riches of the author's long-standing work in the theology of nature and ecological spirituality, especially from his classic historical study, The Travail of Nature (1985), and from his Franciscan exploration in Christian spirituality, Before Nature (2014). In this new volume, Santmire maintains that those who would follow Jesus are mandated not just to care for the earth and all its creatures but also to contemplate the beauties of the whole creation, beginning with "the lilies of the field." His first-person reflections range from "Scything with God" to "Rediscovering Saint Francis in Stone," from "Taking a Plunge in the Niagara River" to "Pondering the Darkness of Nature." Behold the Lilies offers brief spiritual reflections that can be read in any order, over a period of time. This accessible primer will be welcomed not only by those who have already identified themselves with the way of Jesus but also by others who are searching for a contemplative spirituality attuned to global ecological and justice issues.

Nature Reborn

Nature Reborn
Title Nature Reborn PDF eBook
Author H. Paul Santmire
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 166
Release
Genre Nature
ISBN 9781451409253

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Santmire's much-acclaimed The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse, and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. This new brief, but penetrating, look at Christian theological concepts of nature returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly pre-modern Christian themes and re-envision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis. This revisionist work-"to revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise"-mines Christian cosmology (the Great Chain of Being), Christology, Creation, and Eucharist, so that the Christian "story" can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), re-experienced (spirituality), and re-enacted (ritual).

Pan's Travail

Pan's Travail
Title Pan's Travail PDF eBook
Author J. Donald Hughes
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages 0
Release 1996-01-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780801853630

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In Pan's Travail, J. Donald Hughes examines the environmental history of the classical period and argues that the decline of ancient civilizations resulted in part from exploitation of the natural world. Focusing on Greece and Rome, as well as areas subject to their influences, Hughes offers a detailed look at the impact of humans and their technologies on the ecology of the Mediterranean basin. He also compares the ancient world's environmental problems to those of other eras and discusses attitudes toward nature expressed in Greek and Latin literature.

Celebrating Nature by Faith

Celebrating Nature by Faith
Title Celebrating Nature by Faith PDF eBook
Author H. Paul Santmire
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 152
Release 2020-09-09
Genre Religion
ISBN 1532699735

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Sometimes it is helpful to take one step backward, in order to take two steps forward. In this insightful volume, H. Paul Santmire draws on his long-standing and widely recognized engagement with ecological theology to propose that the traditions of the Protestant Reformation, rightly read, offer rich resources today for those who are struggling to move forward to respond theologically to the crisis of a planet in peril and thereby to celebrate nature by faith.