Embracing Earth: Catholic Approaches to Ecology
Albert J. LaChance and John E. Carroll, editors

Among the writings featured in Embracing Earth is the extended treatment of "Christianity and the Creation," by Richard Rohr, which combines historical exploration with a compelling call to reclaim a truly creation-centered spirituality in the tradition of St. Francis.  David Toolan raises issues related to Catholic teaching on human reproduction.  Other contributions include Tessa Bielecki on the mystical-spiritual schemes suggested by the Gaia model, the Samsara construct of the phenomenal nature of the world, and C.S. Lewis's allegorical kingdom of Narnia, and William McNamara on "verbal pollution," a provocative call to a radical renewal of a language debased of the pervasive idiom of the marketplace and the pseudo-reality of fashion.  Paula Gonzalez' piece challenges readers to expand their spiritual horizons beyond the norm of a limited concern for self.

CONTRIBUTORS: Frederick G. Levine; Albert J. LaChance, PhD; John E. Caroll; David S. Toolan, S.J.; Mary Rosera Joyce; Beatrice Bruteau; Richard C. Haas; Albert J. Fritsch, S.J.; Mark Boucher-Colbert; Richard Rohr, O.F.M.; Charles Cummings, O.C.S.O.; Terrence G. Kardong, O.S.B.; William J. Wood, S.J.; Tessa Bielecki, O.C.D.; William McNamara, O.C.D.; Paula Gonzales, S.C.; Keith Warner, O.F.M.; David M. Sherman; and Wayne Teasedale.

"This book is a vital and timely contribution to rethinking Catholic theology in an ecological context." - Mary Evelyn Tucker, Bucknell University "

Demonstrates the diversity of thought and action in the Catholic Church relating to the earth." -Church World