Before Nature : A Christian Spirituality

Contents:
Prologue
Part 1: Considering The Journey
1. Blessedly Scything With God: You Are Invited
2. Introducing A Way Of Prayer
3. The World In Which We Pray
Part 2: The First Steps Of The Journey
4. Praying To Jesus
5. The Ambiguous Case Of One Who Prays To Jesus
Part 3: Contemplating The Triune God
6. The Heart Of The Trinity Prayer
7. The Presence Of The Triune God In Nature
8. The Works Of The Triune God In Nature
Part 4: Calling On The Holy Spirit
9. Calling On The Holy Spirit
10. Sauntering In The Spirit
Epilogue
Appendix
Index

Additional Info
Before Nature caps a set of themes first brought to the fore in Santmire’s previous work, most notably the classic The Travail of Nature. Here Santmire continues the pursuit of a theology bound up with nature and its condition, especially the fragility and fervent expectation of nature’s redemption. Santmire invites readers on a theological and spiritual journey to a prayerful and contemplative knowledge of the Triune God, in which practitioners are inducted into a bountiful relationship with the cosmic and universal ministry of Christ and the Spirit uniting all of nature in a single vision of hope and anticipation.