Nature Reborn

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 workto revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promisemines 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
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 06/23/2000
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.04w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780800632342

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

About the Author
Santmire, H. Paul: -

H. Paul Santmirehas been a leader in the field of ecological theology for more than forty years. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), he is the author of The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology(1985), Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology(2000), andRitualizing Nature: Renewing Christian Liturgy in a Time of Crisis (2008), all from Fortress Press.

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