02683cam a22003377i 4500 18359731 OSt 20210511124316.0 141104t20142014mnu 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. 51897 Before nature : a Christian spirituality / H. Paul Santmire. xxvii, 253 pages ; 23 cm 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. 51898 Human ecology Religious aspects. 51899 Ecotheology. 51900 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 66649 66623 0 0 lcc 0 0 GEN CPL CPL GEN 2021-02-05 donation - TBN 20.00 0 BT695.5 .S252 2014 T10025W3232 2021-05-11 00:00:00 2021-05-11 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 GEN CPL CPL GEN 2018-01-31 Donation - TBN 30.00 0 BT 695.5.S252 2014 T16425W3232 2022-11-21 00:00:00 2 2022-11-21 BK