Ritualizing Nature: Renewing Christian Liturgy in a Time of Crisis
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Is the Christian faith ecologically bankrupt? H. Paul Santmire has responded forcefully to that frequently voiced critical question. He has maintained that, notwithstanding ambiguities, a single Christian tradition of long standing has something profoundly promising to say about nature and human life in nature. Now, in Ritualizing Nature, he shows how that rich tradition is itself deeply rooted in Christianity's own historic ritual practices. He then argues that those practices, when they are rightly interpreted, powerfully shape theological "habits" or ways for Christians to engage nature, signaled by the words wonder, service, and partnership. Ritualizing Nature will claim the attention of inquiring environmentalists and professional theologians, students of theology and clergy, and also thoughtful laity and serious seekers, who are eager to understand more fully-or perhaps for the first time-how the ecological promise of the Christian faith is enlivened and sustained by its ritual practices. Book jacket.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0800662946
ISBN13:9780800662943
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Fortress Press
Length:311 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"
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