Nature Reborn (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780800632342)

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).

Author: H. Paul Santmire
ISBN-10: 0800632346
ISBN-13: 9780800632342
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2000
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.04w x 0.46d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 04/04/2001 pg. 27