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The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology
Douglas E. Christie
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Hardback. Drawing on insights from the early Christian monastics as well as the ecological writings of such figures as Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, and others, Christie forges a distinctively contemplative vision of ecological spirituality that could, he contends, serve to ground the work of ecological restoration. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCR1; HRCS; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
'There are no unsacred places,' the poet Wendell Berry has written. 'There are only sacred places and desecrated places.' What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the work of seeing things as an utterly involving moral and spiritual act? Such questions have long occupied the center of contemplative spiritual traditions. In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E. Christie proposes a distinctively contemplative approach to ecological thought and ... Read more
'There are no unsacred places,' the poet Wendell Berry has written. 'There are only sacred places and desecrated places.' What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the work of seeing things as an utterly involving moral and spiritual act? Such questions have long occupied the center of contemplative spiritual traditions. In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E. Christie proposes a distinctively contemplative approach to ecological thought and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
771g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199812325
SKU
V9780199812325
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About Douglas E. Christie
Douglas E. Christie is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
Reviews for The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology
Those who desire to live in touch with and to participate in the restoration of this luminous and possibly numinous earth will deeply appreciate The Blue Sapphire of the Mind
Paul T. Corrigan, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment
Douglas Christie has written a book that is at once beautiful and scholarly, both lyrical in its prose ... Read more
Paul T. Corrigan, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment
Douglas Christie has written a book that is at once beautiful and scholarly, both lyrical in its prose ... Read more