{"product_id":"toward-an-ecology-of-transfiguration-9780823251452","title":"Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMakes the case that Orthodox Christianity offers unique spiritual resources especially suited to the environmental concerns of today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I rate this as perhaps the signature work on Orthodoxy and the Environment (and Nature) available in English. [Its] range of topics and specializations make it useful for people who are not Orthodox and for those with diverse academic backgrounds. It is difficult to imagine anyone who cannot learn or benefit from some chapters or parts of this book.\" -- -Daniel P. Buxhoeveden Research Professor, Founder and Director of the Religion and Science Initiative, University of South Carolina \"I must say from the onset that my enthusiasm can hardly be contained!... To my knowledge there are no books currently being offered that provide the depth and scholarship found here... This manuscript has gathered the best in the field and collated them into what certainly can become a foundational text book for further academic study.\" -- -Rev. Chad Hatfield Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary \"This anthology is a monumental contribution to the literature on religion and ecology. The abundant contributions of the Orthodox tradition to seeing into the sacred depths of nature are evident in this rich collection of essays. It will stand as a classic in the field for years to come and help reshape reflections on our shared planetary future.\" -- -Mary Evelyn Tucker Forum on Religion at Ecology at Yale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents    Prefatory Letter by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew     Foreword by Bill McKibben      Introduction: \"The Sweetness of Heaven Overflows onto the Earth\": Orthodox Christianity and Environmental Thought    John Chryssavgis and Bruce V. Foltz      I. \"Knowledge United to God\": Environment, Nature, and Creation in Patristic Thought    The Logoi of Beings in Greek Patristic Thought    David Bradshaw     Hierarchy and Love in St. Dionysius the Areopagite    Eric D. Perl     The Beauty of the World and Its Significance in St. Gregory the Theologian    John Anthony McGuckin    Natural Contemplation in St. Maximus the Confessor and St. Isaac the Syrian    Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen)     Man and Cosmos in St. Maximus the Confessor    Andrew Louth      II. \"The Heart That Receives\": Environment, Nature, and Creation In Twentieth-Century Orthodox Thought    Ecology, Theology, and the World    Savas Agouridis     Through Creation to the Creator    Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia     Creation as Communion in Contemporary Orthodox Theology    Aristotle Papanikolaou     The Theological-Ethical Contributions of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov) to Environmental Issues    Perry T. Hamalis     The Cosmology of the Eucharist    George Theokritoff     \"A 'Tradition' That Never Existed\": Orthodox Christianity and the Failure of Environmental History    Jurretta Jordan Heckscher     A New Heaven and a New Earth: Orthodox Christian Insights from Theology, Spirituality, and the Sacraments    John Chryssavgis     Proprietors or Priests of Creation?    Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon      III. \"Love Comes from Meeting God\": Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Dimensions Sedimentation of Meaning in the Concepts of Nature and the Environment    James Carey     Existential versus Regulative Approaches: The Environmental Issue as an Existential and Not a Canonical Problem    Christos Yannaras     Nature and Creation: A Comment on the Environmental Problem from a Philosophical and Theological Standpoint    Nikos Nissiotis     Physis and Ktisis: Two Different Ways of Thinking of the World    John Panteleimon Manoussakis    Human Image, World Image: The Renewal of Sacred Cosmology    Philip Sherrard    Environment and Security: Toward a Systemic Crisis of Humanity?    Costa Carras    Church Walls and Wilderness Boundaries: Defining the Spaces of Sanctuary    L. Michael Harrington    Orthodoxy and Ecopoetics: The Green World in the Desert Sea    Alfred K. Siewers    Perspectives on Orthodoxy, Evolution, and Ecology    Gayle E. Woloschak    Ecology, Morality, and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century: The Earth in the Hands of the Sons of Noah    H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.     IV. \"Sweetness Overflowing onto the Earth\": Insights from Orthodox Spirituality    The Fragile Surround    Scott Cairns     Liturgy, Cosmic Worship, and Christian Cosmology    Elizabeth Theokritoff    \"All Creation Rejoices in You\": Creation in the Liturgies for the Feasts of the Theotokos    Christina M. Gschwandtner     Traces of Divine Fragrance, Droplets of Divine Love: On the Beauty of Visible Creation    Bruce V. Foltz     Natural and Supernatural Revelation in Early Irish and Greek Monastic Thought: A Comparative Approach    Chrysostomos Koutloumousianos    Ecology and Monasticism    Archimandrite Vasileios    The Prophetic Charisma in Pastoral Theology: Asceticism, Fasting, and the Ecological Crisis    Anestis Keselopoulos    The Spirit of God Moved upon the Face of the Waters: Orthodox Holiness and the Natural World    Donald Sheehan     Appendixes    A. Vespers for the Environment    Translated by Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash)    B. Environment, Nature, and Creation in Orthodox Thought: A Bibliography of Texts in English    Compiled by John Chryssavgis and Bruce V. Foltz     C. Glossary    Compiled by Nicholas R. Anton     Notes    On the Contributors    Index","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406135173463,"sku":"9780823251452","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823251452.jpg?v=1730494661","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/toward-an-ecology-of-transfiguration-9780823251452","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}