Blue Sapphire of the Mind Notes for a Contemplative Ecology

Name: Blue Sapphire of the Mind Notes for a Contemplative Ecology
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ISBN: 9780199812325

ISBN-10: 0199812322

ISBN-13: 9780199812325

Edition: 2013

Authors: Douglas E. Christie

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The 4th-century writer Evagrius of Pontus likens the experience of contemplation to dwelling in a kind of place. "When the mind has put off the old self and shall put on the one born of grace," says Evagrius, "then it will see its own state in the time of prayer resembling sapphire of the color of heaven. This state is called by scripture, the place of God." Douglas Christie believes that the ancient tradition of Christian contemplative thought and practice represented by Evagrius has a genuine contribution to make to the world of ecological thought and practice. At the same time, he says, the sense of "the whole" emerging from contemporary ecological discourse has the potential to deepen…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/12/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.45" long x 1.48" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Preface



Immersion in the Larger Whole: Toward a Contemplative Ecology



Contact, or The Blue Sapphire of the Mind



Penthos: The Gift of Tears



Topos: At Home, Always a Stranger



Prosoche: The Art of Attention



Logos: The Song of the World



Eros: Exchange, Intimacy, Reciprocity



Kenosis: Empty, Emptied



Telos: Practicing Paradise


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index