Creation's Wisdom: Spiritual Practice and Climate Change
Creation's Wisdom: Spiritual Practice and Climate Change
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⭐Advance Praise and Reviews⭐
“Daniel Wolpert offers a wise and practical guide for engaging the ecological crisis through the lens of Christian spiritual practice. This book invites readers to cultivate habits of prayer, attention, and action that reconnect us with God’s creation.”— Norman Wirzba, Duke Divinity School, author of This Sacred Life
“In this thoughtful and accessible book, Wolpert shows how the wisdom of the Christian spiritual tradition can help us respond faithfully to the challenges of climate change.”— Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, author of Resisting Structural Evil
“A hopeful and grounded invitation to rediscover spiritual practices that deepen our love for the Earth and strengthen our commitment to its care.”— L. William Countryman, Church Divinity School of the Pacific
"Creations Wisdom draws on Hebrew Scriptures, the gospel of Jesus, and Tibetan teachings to navigate our strange new world with a spirituality that is embodied, communal, and elemental. When infrastructures are eroding, best get a guide that will prepare you for anything.” -Rev. Dr. Heather Murray Elkins, Drew University
"Daniel Wolpert brings his immense wisdom to bear on the central crisis of our time: climate change. With clarity and grace he shows that the contemplative spiritual traditions can help us heal the alienation between humanity and the rest of creation. An important, timely book." -L. Roger Owens, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
The Five Wisdom teaching sees the five elements space, water, earth, fire, and air not just as physical elements but as holistic expressions of psychological and spiritual realities, what Christians understand as the attributes of God . . . . This wisdom, or spiritual energy, is available to everyone and unites everyone as it flows, much like the divine breath, through time and space.
Using scripture and theology through the lens of modern science, Creation's Wisdom Wisdom explores the concept of the Tibetan Five Wisdoms teaching to address such questions as: What is a Christian spirituality that speaks to the needs of people in an era of climate change? What practices can guide us? What is a helpful perspective? The answers lie in the elements of creation.
Daniel Wolpert, a healer and student of the spiritual life, worked as a research scientist, psychologist, spiritual director, farmer, and teacher. Co-founder and executive director of the Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing (MICAH), he has taught in the fields of psychology and spiritual formation internationally. He lives in Minnesota.
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