Creation as Sacrament: Reflections on Ecology and Spirituality

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 27 June 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

John Chryssavgis delves into the profound spiritual significance of the natural environment, drawing upon the rich theological heritage and spiritual classics of the Orthodox Church. Through the unique lens of its ascetical, liturgical, and mystical experiences, he explores the sacred dimension of the world around us. The pressing global ecological crisis, affecting our air, water, land, flora, and fauna, has caused profound fractures in our perception of God's creation. Chryssavgis examines, from an Orthodox Christian perspective, the potential for restoring the shattered image of God through the sacramental lenses of cosmic transfiguration, cosmic interconnection, and cosmic reconciliation. He explores the viewpoints of early theologians and contemporary thinkers, challenging those who deny the crisis in God's creation. This book presents a worldview advanced and championed by the Orthodox Church in the modern world, encouraging personal and societal transformation through ethical and economic choices that honor the sanctity of creation.

The global ecological crisis, affecting humanity's air, water, land, flora, and fauna, has caused profound fractures in our perception of God's creation. John Chryssavgis examines, from an Orthodox Christian perspective, the potential for restoring the shattered image of God through the sacramental lenses of cosmic transfiguration, cosmic interconnection, and cosmic reconciliation. He explores the viewpoints of early theologians and contemporary thinkers, challenging those who deny the crisis in God's creation. This book presents a worldview advanced and championed by the Orthodox Church in the modern world, encouraging personal and societal transformation through ethical and economic choices that honor the sanctity of creation.

Weight: 296g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780567680709