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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: blue sapphire of the mind
    sub title: notes for a contemplative ecology
  name:
    name part: Christie, Douglas E.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: E-books.
  genre: E-reference.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York
    place:
      place term: Oxford
    publisher: Oxford University Press
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Drawing on insights from the early Christian monastics as well as the ecological writings of such figures as Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, and others, Burton forges a distinctively contemplative vision of ecological spirituality that could, he contends, serve to ground the work of ecological restoration.
  abstract: "What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the work of seeing things as an utterly involving moral and spiritual act? Such questions have long occupied the center of contemplative spiritual traditions. 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."--Publisher's description.
  table of contents: Immersion in the larger whole: toward a contemplative ecology -- Contact, or the blue sapphire of the mind -- Penthos: the gift of tears -- Topos: the work of place-making -- Prosoche: the art of attention -- Logos: the song of the world -- Eros: exchange, intimacy, reciprocity -- Kenosis: empty, emptied -- Telos: the practice of paradise.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Douglas E. Christie.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Nature
    topic: Religious aspects
    topic: Christianity
  subject:
    topic: Ecotheology
  subject:
    topic: Contemplation
  subject:
    topic: Spiritual life
    topic: Christianity
  subject:
    topic: Nature
    topic: Aspect religieux
    topic: Christianisme
  subject:
    topic: Écothéologie
  subject:
    topic: Vie spirituelle
    topic: Christianisme
  subject:
    topic: RELIGION
    topic: Christian Life
    topic: Social Issues
  subject:
    topic: RELIGION
    topic: Christianity
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Contemplation
  subject:
    topic: Ecotheology
  subject:
    topic: Nature
    topic: Religious aspects
    topic: Christianity
  subject:
    topic: Spiritual life
    topic: Christianity
  subject:
    topic: Ökologische Theologie
  subject:
    topic: Spiritualität
  subject:
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy & Religion
  subject:
    topic: Christianity
  classification: BT695.5 .C497 2013 Internet
  classification: 261.88
  identifier: 9780199979745
  identifier: 019997974X
  identifier: 9780199812332
  identifier: 0199812330
  identifier: 9780199812325
  identifier: 0199812322
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
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    record content source: VMC
    record creation date: 121025
    record change date: 20260318191722.6
    record identifier: in00005709322
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng