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Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
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A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature--and an urgent call to reclaim that power in everyday life Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear to awe to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred. In this short but deeply powerful book, the bestselling historian of religion Karen Armstrong re-sacralizes nature for modern times. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the world's religious traditions, she vividly describes nature's central place in spirituality across the centuries. In bringing this age-old wisdom to life, Armstrong shows modern readers how to rediscover nature's potency and form a connection to something greater than ourselves
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"Armstrong's book makes a vital contribution to discussions on climate change because what is required from us as a species is not only a technological transformation, but also a spiritual one ..."
"Its urgent message is that hearts and minds need to change if we are to once more learn to revere our beautiful and fragile planet, and to stop polluting it."
"Armstrong's hope to excavate a single idea of the sacred at the root of human society is a Romantic notion, a product of the modern split between Man and Nature and an attempt to fill the gap left by the decline of Christianity in Europe ..."
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