Before nature
Subtitle: a Christian spirituality
By: H. Paul Santmire
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781451473001; 9781451484311
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Nature; Religious aspects; Human ecology; Ecotheology
Description: Before 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Christian spirituality of nature for today's seekers and their teachers and pastors; title: Blessedly scything with God: you are invited; title: Introducing a way of prayer: the practice and the knowing of the Trinity prayer; title: The world in which we pray: the eclipse of God and a fragile theology of faith; title: Praying to Jesus: the revelation of God and the light of Christ; title: The ambiguous case of one who prays to Jesus: the twilight and the encounter; title: The heart of the Trinity prayer: contemplating the mystery of the Triune God; title: The presence of the Triune God in nature: contemplating God in all things; title: The works of the Triune God in nature: contemplating the cosmic ministries of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit; title: Calling on the Holy Spirit: the integrity and the travail of nature; title: Sauntering in the Spirit: practicing the Trinity prayer; title: The Trinity prayer as spiritual exercise.