Super, Natural Christians

by Sallie McFague

Book Overview

In a readable and concrete style, Sallie McFague crafts a Christian spirituality centered on nature as thefocus of our encounter with the divine. Reorienting our religious life from the "supernatural" to the "super, natural," she suggests, can help us "see these earth others . . . as both subjects in themselves and as intimations of God."In fascinating discussions of city planning and wilderness, of photography, hiking, gardening, recycling, urban...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800630769
• ISBN13: 9780800630768
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

a different look and touch of nature

With this book, the fourth, Sallie McFague brings her organic or ecological model to a practical conclusion. Our care for nature should start with our look (loving) and continue with our touch. She convincingly argues for a change from a subject/object to a subject/subjects mindset. This is not an apocalyptic doomsayer oracle but a hands-on advice on how we should love nature. There is hope for the future but it will take work. This is an excellent book, worthy of your time but be warned - you will want to go out and dirty your hands with the earth's soil.