Claiming Earth As Common Ground

by Cohen-Kiener, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9781594732614
• ISBN10: 1594732612
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub

Summary

Our planet is in trouble, and it will take an amazingly large and powerful force to shift into a more sustainable way of living. Spiritual leader and environmental activist Andrea Cohen-Kiener tells us that people of faith have the numbers, the passion, and the mandate to do it-and that nothing else is strong enough to counter-balance "business as usual."

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Making of an Environmental Activist: Waking Up to the Problem	p. 7
The Terrible Contradiction	p. 7
Too Good to Be True!	p. 7
The Spiritual Challenge of a Mountain of Garbage	p. 13
Agents for Transformation	p. 15
The Ultimate Common Ground	p. 18
The Makings of a Movement: The Interfaith Imperative and Its Obstacles	p. 21
The Mountain of God	p. 21
Obstacles on the Path	p. 22
God of the Pews or God of the Cosmos?	p. 25
Leaving Base Camp	p. 28
The One about the Rabbi and the Evangelical	p. 36
Getting above the Tree Line	p. 40
The New Wealth: Spirit Matters	p. 43
What Is Enough?	p. 43
Old Models for New Wealth	p. 44
A Living Vision	p. 47
Tools We Bring to the Table	p. 50
Transforming Business as Usual	p. 53
Imagine the Alternatives	p. 56
Working Beyond Class and Race: Yes, We Do Need to Do This Together	p. 59
We Need to Talk	p. 59
Getting Beyond "Over There"	p. 60
Finding Common Cause	p. 63
Working Together	p. 65
The Great Light Bulb Swap Of '06	p. 66
Getting to the Table	p. 73
How Big Is Your God? Theology Meets Earth-Care Activism	p. 77
Digging Deeper	p. 77
The Big Context	p. 79
The New Eden: Reclaiming the Garden	p. 93
Seeds of Possibility	p. 93
Wheat Sheaves And Matza Tales	p. 97
Communion Agriculture	p. 101
The New Sabbath: Less Is More	p. 115
Unnamed Hungers	p. 115
Green Sabbath	p. 119
Creating New Sabbath Rituals	p. 125
Eco-Conversion: A New Paradigm for a New Earth	p. 129
Seeing with Green Eyes	p. 129
Conversion To Eco-Justice	p. 130
The Power of Witnessing	p. 137
Going Forward	p. 141
Many Small Steps	p. 146
Creating a Sustainable Civilization: Joanna Macy's Theoretical Foundations	p. 150
Thoughts for Discussion and Action: Format for an Eight-week Study Session	p. 153
Interfaith Ecological Resources	p. 162
Acknowledgments	p. 169
About the Contributors	p. 171
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