Sacred nature : restoring our ancient bond with the natural world
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735282421
- ISBN: 0735282420
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Physical Description:
6, 205 pages ; 20 cm
regular print
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book."--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Nature -- Psychological aspects Spiritual life Human ecology -- Religious aspects Human beings -- Effect of environment on Nature -- Religious aspects |
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- 9 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tumbler Ridge Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Tumbler Ridge Public Library | ANF 201.77 ARMST (Text) | TRL34285 | Entertaining Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Random House, Inc.
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A profound exploration of the spiritual power of natureâand 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 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: from the Book of Job to St. Thomas Aquinas, from Lao Tzu to Wordsworth, and from the Stoics to Jainism and beyond. Throughout, she reveals how we have lost our sense of the divine, and how we can get it back.
Armstrong explores the power of silence and solitude, the nature of personal sacrifice and the need to reconnect with sorrow and compassionâand how greater contact with and appreciation for nature can help us in unexpected ways. 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.