by Rachel Wheeler (Author)
Ecospirituality, for the first
time,comprehensivelyintroduces and lays the foundation for further
individual growth in the burgeoning field of ecospirituality.
Rachel Wheeler covers the background for
environmentally oriented spirituality in the Christian tradition,
beginning with expressions of creation care and creation degradation in
the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, and moving through important moments and
figures in the history of Christian spirituality. With this foundation
in place, she reveals how expressions of renewed interest in creation
care are showing up amid our compromised living habitats today, and
shows what ideas laid the groundwork for beginning to speak of God,
human identity, and human responsibility in certain ways. Turning to
ecospiritual practice, Wheeler presents specific practices from a
variety of global religious traditions, paying particular attention to
Indigenous spiritual traditions. She also explores interdisciplinary
areas that have combined some essential aspects of their own focus of
engagement with ecology and, furthermore, with ecospirituality. Such
areas as ecojustice, ecofeminism, ecowomanism, and ecopoetics all
provide points of contact with the work that ecospirituality makes
possible and have important implications for personal and social
transformation.
Wheeler's concise introduction to
ecospirituality is not only a foundation-laying tool for educators, but
also a concise, thorough way for individuals and students to gain a
comprehensive understanding of ecospirituality and why it matters.
