Spiritual Wisdom for a Planet in Peril

Spiritual Wisdom for a Planet in Peril
Author: Laura Dunham
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1934938211

Spiritual healer and teacher Dr. Laura Dunham shows people of diverse beliefs and understanding how to approach 2012 with confidence. Her vast knowledge, experience and engaging style make the book appealing to a wide readership. Dunham helps readers to: -recognize the signs of changing times -understand the major prophecies and probabilities about 2012 -practice the art of discernment -participate in the Great Shift to the consciousness of unity and love The book offers practical guidance on: -strengthening your vital spiritual connection -choosing an Earth-friendly lifestyle -thriving in a new economy -creating intentional, sustainable community -developing a community action plan

Creation and the Cross

Creation and the Cross
Author: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608337324

Rooted and Rising

Rooted and Rising
Author: Leah D. Schade
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1538127776

Rooted and Rising is for everyone who worries about the climate crisis and seeks spiritual practices and perspectives to renew their capacity for compassionate, purposeful, and joyful action. Leah Schade and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas gather twenty-one faith leaders, scientists, community organizers, theologians, and grassroots climate activists to offer wisdom for fellow pilgrims grappling with the weight of climate change. Acknowledging the unprecedented nature of our predicament—the fact that climate disruption is unraveling the web of life and threatening the end of human civilization—the authors share their stories of grief and hope, fear and faith. Together, the essays, introductory sections, and discussion questions reveal that our present crisis can elicit a depth of wisdom, insight, and motivation with power to guide us toward a more peaceful, just, and Earth-honoring future. With a foreword by Mary Evelyn Tucker and a special introduction by Bill McKibben, the book presents an interfaith perspective that welcomes and challenges readers of all backgrounds.

Faith and Struggle on Smokey Mountain

Faith and Struggle on Smokey Mountain
Author: Benigno P. Beltran
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1570759758

This text describes the spiritual resilience of struggling peoples and how, through their eyes, Beltran learned to read the Gospel. The lessons he learned bear a message for all who struggle for a better world.

Celebrating Nature by Faith

Celebrating Nature by Faith
Author: H. Paul Santmire
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2020-09-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532699735

Sometimes it is helpful to take one step backward, in order to take two steps forward. In this insightful volume, H. Paul Santmire draws on his long-standing and widely recognized engagement with ecological theology to propose that the traditions of the Protestant Reformation, rightly read, offer rich resources today for those who are struggling to move forward to respond theologically to the crisis of a planet in peril and thereby to celebrate nature by faith.

Eco-Reformation

Eco-Reformation
Author: Lisa E. Dahill
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498225470

In 2017 Christians around the world will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation. In the midst of many appeals for reformation today, a growing number of theologians, scholars, and activists around the world believe Reformation celebrations in 2017 and beyond need to focus now on the urgent need for an Eco-Reformation. The rise of industrial, fossil fuel-driven capitalism and the explosive growth in human population endanger the fundamental planetary life-support systems on which life as we know it has evolved. The collective impact of human production, consumption, and reproduction is undermining the ecological systems that support human life on Earth. If human beings do not reform their relationship with God's creation, unspeakable suffering will befall many--especially the weakest and most vulnerable among all species. The conviction at the heart of this collection of essays is that a gospel call for ecological justice belongs at the heart of the five hundredth anniversary observance of the Reformation in 2017 and as a--if not the--central dimension of Christian conversion, faith, and practice into the foreseeable future. Like Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, this volume brings together critical biblical, pastoral, theological, historical, and ethical perspectives that constructively advance the vision of a socially and ecologically flourishing Earth.

Colossians: An Earth Bible Commentary

Colossians: An Earth Bible Commentary
Author: Victoria S. Balabanski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567693015

Vicky Balabanski analyses Colossians as a co-authored letter, written during Paul's Roman imprisonment by Timothy with the input of Epaphras, and sent with Paul's introductory and concluding greetings. Balabanski sees remarkable resonances between the cosmology of this letter and that of Stoic thought, the most widely held philosophy in first century Asia Minor. Drawing upon the way Stoic thinkers saw the divine Spirit permeating reality and sought to attune their lives to the Logos, divine reason, she argues that the Logos of Christ – the Gospel – was welcomed by small groups of people shaped by Stoic thought, and they experienced Christ as the visible expression of the One God who permeates reality. The Letter to the Colossians has the highest view of Christ of any of the New Testament writings, and its theology of divine permeation invites us to notice the ecological potential of this letter. This Eco-Stoic reading brings contemporary ecological questions into dialogue with the distinctive Christology and cosmology of the letter.

Coming Home to Earth

Coming Home to Earth
Author: Mark S. Brocker
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1498221734

As a young Norwegian Lutheran teenager in rural Wisconsin, Brocker lay awake one night worrying whether he believed in Jesus enough to get to heaven. This getting-to-heaven anxiety reflected an excessive focus on individual salvation and a loss of concern for the well-being of the Earth community. A faith journey that leaves Earth behind is misguided. Ever since those early teen years Brocker has been on a journey to come home to Earth. Coming Home to Earth makes the case that there is no salvation apart from Earth and that Earth care is at the core of our identity and mission as followers of Jesus. The ecological consequences of a loss of concern for the well-being of Earth have been devastating. Brocker is especially concerned to determine what will motivate followers of Jesus to make radical changes in our way of life so that we can participate in the healing of wounded Earth and all of its inhabitants, both human and nonhuman. We are far more likely to make needed sacrifices for our fellow creatures if we share God's delight in and affection for them, and cherish Earth as our home.

New Horizons in Theology

New Horizons in Theology
Author: Terrence W. Tilley
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725235439

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the College Theology Society, these original essays explore how theology has changed over the previous fifty years, theological concerns on the horizon today, and approaches to teaching theology appropriate for the twenty-first century. Contributors: Elizabeth A. Johnson Joseph A. Komonchak Norbert Rigali J. Matthew Ashley Elizabeth T. Groppe Michael Horace Barnes Steven R. Harmon Colleen M. Mallon Anne M. Clifford Sally Kenel Randall Jay Woodard Sandra Yocum Mize Mary Ann Hinsdale Miguel H. Diaz James A. Donahue Suzanne C. Toton Ismael Muvingi