02971ctm a22004337i 4500 18359731 20250312110637.0 ta 180312s2014 mnu b 001 0 eng d 2014412760 9781451473001 (paperback) 1451473001 (paperback) 9781451484311 (ebook) (OCoLC)ocn866620215 BTCTA eng BTCTA rda YDXCP BDX WSE WIO OCLCO MNF OCLCF CDX TLE UAB DLC lccopycat BT695.5 .S252 2014 261.8/8 23 Santmire, H. Paul, author. Before nature : [manuscript] : a Christian spirituality / by H. Paul Santmire. Minneapolis.: : Fortress press, c2014. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2014] xxvii, 253 pages ; 23 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. A Christian spirituality of nature for today's seekers and their teachers and pastors -- Blessedly scything with God: you are invited -- Introducing a way of prayer: the practice and the knowing of the Trinity prayer -- The world in which we pray: the eclipse of God and a fragile theology of faith -- Praying to Jesus: the revelation of God and the light of Christ -- The ambiguous case of one who prays to Jesus: the twilight and the encounter -- The heart of the Trinity prayer: contemplating the mystery of the Triune God -- The presence of the Triune God in nature: contemplating God in all things -- The works of the Triune God in nature: contemplating the cosmic ministries of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit -- Calling on the Holy Spirit: the integrity and the travail of nature -- Sauntering in the Spirit: practicing the Trinity prayer -- The Trinity prayer as spiritual exercise. Before Nature caps a set of themes first brought to the fore in Santmire's previous work, most notably the classic The Travail of Nature. Here Santmire continues the pursuit of a theology bound up with nature and its condition, especially the fragility and fervent expectation of nature's redemption. Out of this concern, Santmire invites readers on a theological and spiritual journey to a prayerful and contemplative knowledge of the Triune God, in which practitioners are inducted into a bountiful relationship with the cosmic and universal ministry of Christ and the Spirit uniting all of nature in a single vision of hope and anticipation. Scholarly, practical, and accessible. Nature Religious aspects. Human ecology Religious aspects. Ecotheology. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg Acquire 1 shelf copies policy default BK 8 9431 9431 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 261.88 San 2014 19074 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK