Sacramental Commons: Christian Ecological Ethics

by John Hart, Thomas Berry, Leonardo Boff

Book Overview

The increasing awareness of environmental issues as ultimately moral issues has led to the intersection of religion and environment. Sacramental Commons presents a unique way of looking at this topic by relating the Christian word "sacrament" (signs of divine presence) to the term "commons" (shared place and shared goods, among people and between people and the natural world), suggesting that local natural settings and local communities can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742545997
• ISBN13: 9780742545991
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"