Description:In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, it is not enough to change our we need to learn to think and feel differently about the natural world - to rekindle our spiritual bond with nature.For most of human history, and in almost all the world's cultures, nature was believed to be sacred, and our God or gods to be present everywhere in the natural world. When people in the West began to separate God and nature in modern times, it was not just a profound breach with thousands of years of accumulated it also set in train the destruction of the natural world.Taking themes that have been central to the world's religious traditions - from gratitude and compassion to sacrifice and non-violence - Armstrong offers practical steps to help us develop a new mindset to reconnect with nature and rekindle our sense of the sacred.Sacred Nature reveals the most profound connections between humans and the natural world. It speaks to anyone interested in our relationship with nature, worried about the destruction of our environment, and searching for new ways of thinking to shape the action needed to save our planet.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World. To get started finding Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Description: In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, it is not enough to change our we need to learn to think and feel differently about the natural world - to rekindle our spiritual bond with nature.For most of human history, and in almost all the world's cultures, nature was believed to be sacred, and our God or gods to be present everywhere in the natural world. When people in the West began to separate God and nature in modern times, it was not just a profound breach with thousands of years of accumulated it also set in train the destruction of the natural world.Taking themes that have been central to the world's religious traditions - from gratitude and compassion to sacrifice and non-violence - Armstrong offers practical steps to help us develop a new mindset to reconnect with nature and rekindle our sense of the sacred.Sacred Nature reveals the most profound connections between humans and the natural world. It speaks to anyone interested in our relationship with nature, worried about the destruction of our environment, and searching for new ways of thinking to shape the action needed to save our planet.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World. To get started finding Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.