{"product_id":"when-god-was-a-bird-christianity-animism-and-the-re-enchantment-of-the-world-hardback-9780823281329","title":"When God Was a Bird; Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World (Hardback) 9780823281329","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhen God Was a Bird\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChristianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark I. Wallace (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823281329\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 6\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.496 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 NAUTILUS GOLD WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a time of rapid climate change and species extinction, what role have the world's religions played in ameliorating—or causing—the crisis we now face? Religion in general, and Christianity in particular, appears to bear a disproportionate burden for creating humankind's exploitative attitudes toward nature through unearthly theologies that divorce human beings and their spiritual yearnings from their natural origins. In this regard, Christianity has become an otherworldly religion that views the natural world as \"fallen,\" as empty of signs of God's presence.\u003cbr\u003e And yet, buried deep within the Christian tradition are startling portrayals of God as the beaked and feathered Holy Spirit – the \"animal God,\" as it were, of historic Christian witness. Through biblical readings, historical theology, continental philosophy, and personal stories of sacred nature, this book recovers the model of God in Christianity as a creaturely, avian being who signals the presence of spirit in everything, human and more-than-human alike. \u003cbr\u003e Mark Wallace's recovery of the bird-God of the Bible signals a deep grounding of faith in the natural world. The moral implications of nature-based Christianity are profound. All life is deserving of humans' care and protection insofar as the world is envisioned as alive with sacred animals, plants, and landscapes. From the perspective of Christian animism, the Earth is the holy place that God made and that humankind is enjoined to watch over and cherish in like manner. Saving the environment, then, is not a political issue on the left or the right of the ideological spectrum, but, rather, an innermost passion shared by all people of faith and good will in a world damaged by anthropogenic warming, massive species extinction, and the loss of arable land, potable water, and breathable air. To Wallace, this passion is inviolable and flows directly from the heart of Christian teaching that God is a carnal, fleshy reality who is promiscuously incarnated within all things, making the whole world a sacred embodiment of God's presence, and worthy of our affectionate concern. \u003cbr\u003e This beautifully and accessibly written book shows that \"Christian animism\" is not a strange oxymoron, but Christianity's natural habitat. Challenging traditional Christianity's self-definition as an other-worldly religion, Wallace paves the way for a new Earth-loving spirituality grounded in the ancient image of an animal God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Crossing the Species Divide\u003cb\u003e 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Animal God • Animism • Feral Religion • God of Beak and Feathers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eSong of the Wood Thrush \u003cb\u003e20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Singing Monk of the Crum Woods • Nature Religion • \u003cbr\u003e The Pigeon God • Sacred Animals • Christian Animism • \u003cbr\u003e Divine Subscendence • Avian Spirit Possession • \u003cbr\u003e Return to the Crum Woods\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Delaware River Basin \u003cb\u003e50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Toxic Tour • Heidegger's Root Metaphors • \u003cbr\u003e Calling Spirit from the Deep • Sacrament of Dirt and Spit • \u003cbr\u003e Girard's Fear of Monstrous Couplings • Green Mimesis • \u003cbr\u003e The Pileated Woodpecker\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e Worshipping the Green God \u003cb\u003e81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Crum Creek Visitation • Christian History • Jesus and Sacred Land •\u003cbr\u003e Augustine and Natalist Wonder • Hildegard's Viriditas Pneumatology • \u003cbr\u003e Rewilding Christian Worship\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003e\"Come Suck Sequoia and Be Saved\" \u003cb\u003e113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Muir's Christianimism • Indian Removal in Yosemite •\u003cbr\u003e The Great Code • The Water Ouzel • The Two Books • \u003cbr\u003e Sequoia Religion • \"Christianity and Mountainanity Are\u003cbr\u003e Streams from the Same Fountain\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eOn the Wings of a Dove \u003cb\u003e141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sagebrush Requiem • Is Earth a Living Being? • Suffering Earth •\u003cbr\u003e Refreshment and Fragrance in the Hills • A Tramp for God • \u003cbr\u003e The Death of God • God on the Wing\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580330307864,"sku":"9780823281329","price":69.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/when-god-was-a-bird-christianity-animism-and-the-re-enchantment-of-the-world-hardback-9780823281329","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}