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The Blue Sapphire of the Mind
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"There are no unsacred places," the poet Wendell Berry has written. "There are only sacred places and desecrated places." The future of our planet, which kind of place it will be, now hangs in the balance.
In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E. Christie proposes a distinctively contemplative approach to ecological thought and practice that can help restore our sense of the earth as a sacred place. Drawing on the insights of the early Christian monastics as well as the ecological writings of Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, and many others, Christie argues that at the most basic level it is the quality of our attention to the natural world that must change if we are to learn how to live in a sustainable relationship with other living organisms and with one another. He notes that in this uniquely challenging historical moment, there is a deep and pervasive hunger for a less fragmented and more integrated way of apprehending and inhabiting the living world--and for a way of responding to the ecological crisis that expresses our deepest moral and spiritual values. Christie explores how the wisdom of ancient and modern contemplative traditions can inspire both an honest reckoning with the destructive patterns of thought and behavior that have contributed so much to our current crisis and a greater sense of care and responsibility for all living beings. These traditions can help us cultivate the simple, spacious awareness of the enduring beauty and wholeness of the natural world that will be necessary if we are to live with greater purpose and meaning, and with less harm, to our planet.
Joining the ancient Christian contemplative tradition with the best current ecological thinking, The Blue Sapphire of the Mind offers a new way of understanding who we are in relation to the natural world.
Author
Douglas E. Christie
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
December 2012
Weight
772g
Page Count
488
Dimensions
166 x 239 x 41 mm
ISBN
9780199812325
ISBN-10
0199812322
Eden Code
4038880
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Author/Creator: Douglas E. Christie
ISBN: 9780199812325
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: December 2012
Weight: 772g
Dimensions: 166 x 239 x 41 mm
Eden Code: 4038880