Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The blue sapphire of the mind : notes for a contemplative ecology /

Christie, Douglas E.

The blue sapphire of the mind : notes for a contemplative ecology / Douglas E. Christie. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - xv, 464 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780199812325 (alk. paper) 0199812322 (alk. paper)

2012019801

016181302 Uk


Nature--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Ecotheology.
Contemplation.
Spiritual life--Christianity.

BT 695.5 / .C497 2013

261.8/8