Creation as Sacrament: Reflections on Ecology and Spirituality

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Restoring the shattered image of the world -- Theory and theology -- The lens of grace: reintegrating the sacred and the profane -- Transcendence and immanence: ancient principles for a modern predicament -- The desert is alive: the sayings of the desert fathers and mothers -- Divine Sophia: the wisdom of the word and beauty of the world -- Ecology and mystery: creation as sacrament -- Principles and practices -- On earth as in heaven: cardinal symbols and values -- Living cosmology: creation in faith and science -- Responding to denial and disdain: the devil's advocate, part 1 -- Asking the right questions: the devil's advocate, part 2 -- The Green Patriarch: a contemporary worldview and witness -- The way forward.