Earthspirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity

by Michael Dowd

Book Overview

EarthSpirit is a prophetic, realistic, and hope-filled resource that bridges the gap between environmentalism and spirituality. I attempting to show the compatibility of deep ecology with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896224791
• ISBN13: 9780896224797
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Pre-Order His Lastest, This One is Dated

I respect Michael Dowd very much, and I have for some time been following a number of authors who bring religion into play as a force for what Paul Goodman called Humanitas. I certainly do recommend this book, but more so, his forthcoming book that I link to below, along with others that I have in my library that have impressed (I list only the religious, there is another whole list on ecological economics and natural capitalism, and another on the extremist Republican war against science (I am estranged moderate Republican)). Thank God for Evolution!: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World Communitas: Means of Livelihood and Ways of Life Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik Left Hand of God, The: Healing America's Political and Spiritual Crisis The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right Piety & Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom Stand For Something: The Battle for America's Soul

COSMOLOGY: IT BRINGS CHRIST ALIVE IN ALL BEINGS

Michael Dowd wrote this book in exceptionally clear prose with dozens of biblical quotes and hundreds of references and quotes from world class authors who teach and preach the sacred Paschal Mystery as it is present in all of nature. We're challenged not to be environmentalists, although this comes through as a likely action out of this new vision, but to be embrace Christ in all of His creation and to continue that creation in everything we touch. We are His hands and feet and continue to redeem the earth and all of nature (the whole of cosmology) in Him and through Him. The Rev. Dowd speaks from his heart and has built into this book many rich devotions and prayers as well as meditations that can literally cause a spiritual transformation in anyone so open to seeing Christ in a new light. This book is something that any post modernist or Christian naysayer could easily live with and grow from.Our prayer group used Michael's book for three months as our main teaching source for 'cosmology and a critical new source of modern Jesus theology.' No one ever got tired of reading his inspiring words and rich concepts of this new Jesus cosmology. Michael turns traditional Christian theology on its ear and, without once disturbing the core truths of Christianity, he gives them an essentially new set of clothes and a much more disturbing kind of challenge to live our Christianity in all parts of our life and in all we see and do in the this world of splendor, death, suffering, joy, goodness and core freedoms in Christ Jesus.I am sorry to see that this excellent book is out of print. It deserves to have greater readership and to become a best seller.

Very good

The author elegantly weaves scripture, cosmology, and the Universe together as only a master storyteller can. This is a story sprung from the heart of humanity.

Earthspirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological...

Michael Dowd has written a book that introduces one to many of the current day concepts in cosmology. He looks to the first point of humans being able to view the earth from outer space as a turning point in our view of our place in creation. He presents this information in an easy to understand format and includes many quotes to emphasize his points. The quotes are from authors in all walks of life and prompt one to think about the subject. By the end of the book, Dowd will have you seeing our natural environment in a new light and relating it to Christianity.