Norman Wirzba

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  From Nature To Creation

  $22.00

  How does Christianity change the way we view the natural world? In this addition to a critically acclaimed series, renowned theologian Norman Wirzba engages philosophers, environmentalists, and cultural critics to show how the modern concept of nature has been deeply problematic. He explains that understanding the world as creation rather than as nature or the environment makes possible an imagination shaped by practices of responsibility and gratitude, which can help bring healing to our lands and communities. By learning to give thanks for creation as God’s gift of life, Christians bear witness to the divine love that is reconciling all things to God.

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  Making Peace With The Land

  $20.99

  Series Preface
  Foreword By Bill McKibben
  Prologue: For God So Loved The Soil . . .

  1. Reconciliation With The Land
  by Norman Wirzba

  2. Learning To See
  by Fred Bahnson

  3. Reconciliation Through Christ
  by Norman Wirzba

  4. Field, Table, Communion: The Abundant Kingdom Versus The Abundant Mirage
  by Fred Bahnson

  5. Reconciliation Through Eating
  by Norman Wirzba

  6. Bread For The Whole Body Of Christ
  by Fred Bahnson

  Epilogue: . . . So We Can Eat From The Tree Of Life

  Notes
  About The Duke Divinity School Center For Reconciliation
  About Resources For Reconciliation

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  God is reconciling all things in heaven and on earth.

  We are alienated not only from one another, but also from the land that sustains us. Our ecosystems are increasingly damaged, and human bodies are likewise degraded. Most of us have little understanding of how our energy is derived or our food is produced, and many of our current industrialized practices are both unhealthy for our bodies and unsustainable for the planet.

  Agriculturalist Fred Bahnson and theologian Norman Wirzba declare that in Christ, God reconciles all bodies into a peaceful, life-promoting relationship with one another. Because human beings are incarnated in material, bodily existence, we are necessarily interdependent with plants and animals, land and sea, heaven and earth. The good news is that redemption is cosmic, with implications for agriculture and ecology, from farm to dinner table.

  Bahnson and Wirzba describe communities that model cooperative practices of relational life, with local food production, eucharistic eating and delight in God’s provision.

  Reconciling with the land is a rich framework for a new way of life. Read this book to start down the path to restoring shalom and experiencing Jesus’ kingdom of shared abundance, where neighbors are fed and all receive enough.

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