Super, Natural Christians
Sallie McFague
(Author)
Description
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 decay, and poverty, but also of incarnation, embodiment, and sacramentality. McFague urges the reader's conversion from "the arrogant eye" to "the loving eye." She suggests many ways people can cultivate encounters with nature and engagement in justice.
McFague's marvelous and moving new book tutors us in wonder, delight, and love.
Product Details
| Publisher | Fortress Press |
| Publish Date | April 04, 1997 |
| Pages | 207 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780800630768 |
| Dimensions | 9.2 X 5.5 X 0.6 inches | 0.7 pounds |
About the Author
Sallie McFaguewas the Carpenter Professor of Theology at VanderbiltDivinity School, where she taught for thirty years. She is now Distinguished Theologian in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her many influential works, all from Fortress Press, are:
Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril (2000)
Super, Natural Christians: How We Should Love Nature (1997)
The Body of God: An Ecological Theology (1993)
Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age (1987), which received the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence
Metaphorical Theology: Models of God in Religious Language (1982)
"Sallie McFague is a prominent figure among the growing number of theologians who have been attempting to rethink the Christian understanding of God's and humanity's place in the physical world."
-Chronicle of Higher Education
"The power of McFague's work is in its ability to speak to the American Protestant mainstream, challenging Christians with models of God that reflect both ecological sensitivity and concern for justice."
-Sharon Welch, Harvard Divinity School
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