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An inspiring collection of writings on the theology and spirituality of Earth stewardship
Holy Ground
A Gathering of Voices on
Caring for Creation
Edited by Lyndsay Moseley
and the staff of Sierra Club Books
Religions worldwide celebrate Earth’s gifts of abundance and sustenance, and call on
humankind to give thanks, practice compassion, seek justice, and be mindful of future
generations. In Holy Ground, leaders from many faith traditions, along with writers who hold
nature sacred, articulate the moral and spiritual imperative of Earth stewardship. In essays,
sermons, and other short pieces commissioned or gathered for this book, they share
personal stories of coming to understand our unique power and responsibility to care for
creation. A book to be treasured and shared widely, this landmark collection will bring
together caring people of all faiths and all beliefs on common, holy ground.
About the book
Holy Ground is a beautiful hardcover volume designed for gift-giving.
264 pages
Compact 5 x 7¼–inch size
ISBN: 978-1-57805-160-1
$22.00 Available at booksellers, or see below for quantity orders.
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Holy Ground
Contents
Foreword by Carl Pope
A True Vocation
Bishop Mark McDonald
Creation and Communion
Introduction by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Daring to Dream: Religion and the
Future of the Earth
Ingrid Mattson
The Road Back to Paradise
Patriarch Bartholomew I
The Orthodox Church and the Environmental Crisis
Pope Benedict XVI
Heaven and Earth Meet
Wendell Berry
A Limitless Reality
(from “The Burden of the Gospels”)
Rev. Canon Sally Bingham
The Community of Creation
Cassandra Carmichael
Two Cities, Two Crosses
Calvin B. DeWitt
Science, Scripture, and Con-serving Creation
David James Duncan
Song of Salmon
T. L. Gray
Consider This
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Beyond Civilization
Linda Hogan
The Great Without
Brian McLaren
This Good Earth
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Restoring the Inner Landscape
David Radcliff
Hippos Called My Name
Larry Rasmussen
The Baptized Life
Janisse Ray
Holy Land
Pastor Tri Robinson
The Ripple Effect
Rev. Peter Sawtell
The Shalom Principle
Imam Zaid Shakir
The Zaytuna Ruku Tree
Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Colored Town and Liberation Science
Matthew Sleeth
Confessions of an Evangelical Tree Hugger
Rev. Joel C. Hunter
One Pastor’s Question and Hope
Gary Snyder
Grace
(from The Practice of the Wild)
Nandini Iyer
Reborn in the Flames
Phyllis Tickle
In the Beginning, Eden
Allen Johnson
What in Your Life Is Not for Sale?
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
When Abraham Sees God in Oak Trees
Rabbi Zoe Klein
Splitting the Sea … So What!
Terry Tempest Williams
God, Nature, and the Great Unraveling