Creation as Sacrament

Reflections on Ecology and Spirituality

Bibliographic Data

ID19909149
AuthorsJohn Chryssavgis (corresponding author)
Year2019
Publication date2019-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCreation as Sacrament (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherT&T CLARK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9780567680747
OpenAlexW4249568379
Open LibraryOL30599524M
ISBN9780567680747
LanguageEN
Citations received13

John Chryssavgis explores the sacred dimension of the natural environment, and the significance of creation in the rich theological history and spiritual classics of the Orthodox Church, through the lens of its unique ascetical, liturgical and mystical experience. The global ecological crisis affecting humanity’s air, water, and land, as well as the planet’s flora and fauna, has resulted in manifest fissures on the image of God in creation. Chryssavgis examines, from an Orthodox Christian perspective, the possibility of restoring that shattered image through the sacramental lenses of cosmic transfiguration, cosmic interconnection, and cosmic reconciliation. The viewpoints of early theologians and contemporary thinkers are extensively explored from a theological and spiritual perspective, including countering those who deny that God’s creation is in crisis. Presenting a worldview advanced and championed by the Orthodox Church in the modern world, this book encourages personal and societal transformation in making ethical and economic choices that

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Dimension (graph theory) · Mysticism · Natural (archaeology) · Theology · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Christianity · Creation · Ecology · Orthodox Eastern Church · Religious aspects · Wisdom (Biblical personification)

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