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020 _a9781451473001 (paperback)
020 _a1451473001 (paperback)
020 _z9781451484311 (ebook)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn866620215
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042 _alccopycat
100 1 _aSantmire, H. Paul,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBefore nature :
_ba Christian spirituality /
_cH. Paul Santmire.
264 1 _aMinneapolis :
_bFortress Press,
_c2014.
300 _axxvii, 253 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aA Christian spirituality of nature for today's seekers and their teachers and pastors -- Blessedly scything with God: you are invited -- Introducing a way of prayer: the practice and the knowing of the Trinity prayer -- The world in which we pray: the eclipse of God and a fragile theology of faith -- Praying to Jesus: the revelation of God and the light of Christ -- The ambiguous case of one who prays to Jesus: the twilight and the encounter -- The heart of the Trinity prayer: contemplating the mystery of the Triune God -- The presence of the Triune God in nature: contemplating God in all things -- The works of the Triune God in nature: contemplating the cosmic ministries of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit -- Calling on the Holy Spirit: the integrity and the travail of nature -- Sauntering in the Spirit: practicing the Trinity prayer -- The Trinity prayer as spiritual exercise.
520 _aBefore Nature caps a set of themes first brought to the fore in Santmire's previous work, most notably the classic The Travail of Nature. Here Santmire continues the pursuit of a theology bound up with nature and its condition, especially the fragility and fervent expectation of nature's redemption. Out of this concern, 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 uniting all of nature in a single vision of hope and anticipation. Scholarly, practical, and accessible.
650 0 _aNature
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aEcotheology.
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