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Title: Evocations of Grace: The Writings of Joseph Sittler on Ecology, Theology, and Ethics by Joseph Sittler, Steven Bouma-Prediger, Peter W. Bakken, Martin E. Marty ISBN: 0-8028-4677-7 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An underappreciated theologian.
Comment: "Evocations of Grace" is a small sampling of Joseph Sittler's writings and thoughts on ecology, theology and ecumenism from 1954-75. Martin E. Marty (University of Chicago) wrote a very personal foreward describing Sittler as a truly gifted "theologian, rhetor, teacher, exemplar". Sittler was a pioneer in terms of speaking out on the environment from a Christian perspective. His description of nature (both organic and works of art, poetry, dance) was the "theatre of God's of grace". He made a landmark speech at the 1961 World Council of Churches on ecumenism. Sittler's writing is interesting and alive because he "insisted that his loose, unsystematic manner of exposition was appropriate to the dynamic and interrelated character of experience, and to the concrete particularity of occasions of grace". "Evocations" is a fantastic introduction to a bit of Sittler's "corpus of work"--how Joe would have loved to play with THAT phrase!
Rating: 5
Summary: An unknown, underappreciated pioneer
Comment: Evocations of Grace is a compilation of some of the writings and musings of American Lutheran Joseph Sittler. This corpus of work spans from 1954 to 1975. Martin E. Marty gives a very personal glimpse of Sittler who attracted small groups of students who listened for any tidbit they could glean as he walked through Chicago's Hyde Park. Sittler wrote and spoke on the environment in the '50's. He influenced Teilhard de Chardin's work on the "cosmic Christ". In 1961 he made a landmark speech on ecumenism at the WCC meeting in New Delhi. Sittler's incarnational view of nature as "God's theatre of grace" shaped much of his theology on "creation-as-grace". Sittler is an interesting theologian to read because of his style of using poetry and literature (which he considered to be part of nature, along with art, dance, etc...) in his "loose, unsystematic manner of exposition". "Evocations" is a fine introduction to a theologian who will hopefully, one day, be recognized for the pioneering theologian he was.
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Title: For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care (Engaging Culture) by Steven Bouma-Prediger ISBN: 0801022983 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: A Sense of the Divine: The Natural Environment from a Theocentric Perspective by James M. Gustafson ISBN: 0829811001 Publisher: Pilgrim Pr Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology by H. Paul Santmire ISBN: 0800632346 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Cultivating Wholeness: A Guide to Care and Counseling in Faith Communities by Margaret Zipse Kornfeld ISBN: 0826412327 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Documents from the History of Lutheranism 1517-1750 by Eric Lund ISBN: 0800634403 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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