02446cam a22003137i 45000010009000000050017000090060004000260070004000300080004000340100017000380200030000550200027000850200026001120350024001380400033001620420014001950500023002090820016002321000032002482450066002802600043003463000027003895040050004165050896004665200687013626500030020496500037020796500016021161835973120220203151643.0000000000  a  2014412760  a9781451473001 (paperback)  a1451473001 (paperback)  z9781451484311 (ebook)  a(OCoLC)ocn866620215  aUOELbengcBTCTAerdadYDXCP  alccopycat00aBT695.5b.S25 201404a261.8/82231 aSantmire, H. Paul,eauthor.10aBefore nature :ba Christian spirituality /cH. Paul Santmire  aMinneapolis :bFortress Press,cc2014.  axxvii, 253 p. ;c23 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aA 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.  aBefore 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. 0aNaturexReligious aspects 0aHuman ecologyxReligious aspects 0aEcotheology