{"product_id":"green-saints-for-a-green-libby-osgood-9781626985902","title":"Green Saints for a Green Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYoung scientists, sisters, and theologians of the \"green generation\" reflect on \"saints\"--canonized and not--who offer hope and inspire us towards ecological action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In the community of saints, all together are companions in memory and hope. Together, all together, they are becoming something strange and growing and great, instruments of change. \u003c\/em\u003eGreen Saints for a Green Generation\u003ci\u003e taps beautifully into this dynamic for the sake of our suffering Earth, which cries out for no less.\"--\u003c\/i\u003eFrom the Foreword by Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLaudato Si' \u003c\/i\u003ePope Francis established care for creation as one of the central themes of Catholic social teaching. Yet that ecological consciousness has yet to take root \u003ci\u003een masse \u003c\/i\u003eamong the Catholic faithful. In \u003ci\u003eGreen Saints for a Green Generation \u003c\/i\u003eyoung Catholic women on \"saints\"--canonized and not--who connected their faith to concern for the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe writers include a wide range of figures, from the traditional, such as Sts. Clare of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola, and Marguerite Bourgeoys, to contemporary figures like Thomas Merton, author Toni Morrison, and the Martyrs of the Amazon. By connecting these key figures to environmental responsibility, the contributors encourage the not-yet informed to become active, inviting younger generations to join the ecological movement, to take taking on the responsibility from their elders, and to shoulder the ecological burden for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Libby Osgood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1626985901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626985902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbis Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.50d","brand":"Libby Osgood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140656156927,"sku":"9781626985902","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2819e535-4b18-4c45-95da-82fd9645f1d7.jpg?v=1726596668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/green-saints-for-a-green-libby-osgood-9781626985902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}