Frontmatter
Contents
Prefatory Letter
Foreword
Introduction. "The Sweetness of Heaven Overflows onto the Earth": Orthodox Christianity and Environmental Thought
PART I. "Knowledge United to God": Environment, Nature, and Creation In Patristic Thought
The Logoi of Beings in Greek Patristic Thought
Hierarchy and Love in St. Dionysius the Areopagite
The Beauty of the World and Its Significance in St. Gregory the Theologian
Natural Contemplation in St. Maximus the Confessor and St. Isaac the Syrian
Man and Cosmos in St. Maximus the Confessor
PART II. "The Heart That Receives": Environment, Nature, and Creation in Twentieth- Century Orthodox Thought
Ecology, Theology, and the World
Through Creation to the Creator
Creation as Communion in Contemporary Orthodox Theology
The Theological-Ethical Contributions of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov) to Environmental Issues
The Cosmology of the Eucharist
"A 'Tradition' That Never Existed": Orthodox Christianity and the Failures of Environmental History
A New Heaven and a New Earth: Orthodox Christian Insights from Theology, Spirituality, and the Sacraments
Proprietors or Priests of Creation?
PART III. "Love Comes from Meeting God": Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Dimensions
Sedimentation of Meaning in the Concepts of Nature and the Environment
Existential versus Regulative Approaches: The Environmental Issue as an Existential and Not a Canonical Problem
Nature and Creation: A Comment on the Environmental Problem from a Philosophical and Theological Standpoint
Physis and Ktisis: Two Different Ways of Thinking of the World
Human Image, World Image: The Renewal of Sacred Cosmology
Environment and Security: Toward a Systemic Crisis of Humanity?
Church Walls and Wilderness Boundaries: Defining the Spaces of Sanctuary
Orthodoxy and Ecopoetics: The Green World in the Desert Sea
Perspectives on Orthodoxy, Evolution, and Ecology
Ecology, Morality, and the Challenges of the Twenty- First Century: The Earth in the Hands of the Sons of Noah
PART IV. "Sweetness Overflowing onto the Earth": Insights from Orthodox Spirituality
The Fragile Surround
Liturgy, Cosmic Worship, and Christian Cosmology
"All Creation Rejoices in You": Creation in the Liturgies for the Feasts of the Theotokos
Traces of Divine Fragrance, Droplets of Divine Love: On the Beauty of Visible Creation
Natural and Supernatural Revelation in Early Irish and Greek Monastic Thought: A Comparative Approach
Ecology and Monasticism
The Prophetic Charisma in Pastoral Theology: Asceticism, Fasting, and the Ecological Crisis
The Spirit of God Moved upon the Face of the Waters: Orthodox Holiness and the Natural World
APPENDIX A. Vespers for the Environment: September 1 (or the first Sunday in September)
APPENDIX B. Environment, Nature, and Creation in Orthodox Thought: A Bibliography of Texts in English
APPENDIX C. Glossary
Notes
Contributors
Index of Names (Classical)
Index of Names (Contemporary)
General Index