Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality [Audiobook] download free by Belden C. Lane
- Listen audiobook: Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality
- Author: Belden C. Lane
- Release date: 2011/4/25
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780199755080
- Rating: 8.3 of 10
- Votes: 328
- Review by: Nora Oconnor
- Review rating: 7.37 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/2
- Duration: 4H11M56S in 256 kbps (65.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MPEG4, AC3, WAV, Vorbis, MP3, WMA (compression DEB, RAR, TZ, CBC, TBZ2, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 328
- Includes a PDF summary of 37 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 27M24S (7.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: In this novel exploration of Reformed spirituality, Belden C. Lane uncovers a 'green theology' that celebrates a community of jubilant creatures of all languages and species. Lane reveals an ecologically sensitive Calvin who spoke of himself as ''ravished'' by the earth's beauty. He speaks of Puritans who fostered a ''lusty'' spirituality in which Christ figured as a lover who encouraged meditation on the wonders of creation. He presents a Jonathan Edwards who urgeda sensuous ''enjoyment'' of God's beauty as the only real way of knowing God.Lane argues for the ''double irony'' of Reformed spirituality, showing that Calvinists who often seem prudish and proper are in fact a people of passionate desire. Similarly, Reformed Christians who appear totally focused on divine transcendence turn out at times to be closet nature mystics, exulting in God's glory everywhere. Lane also demonstrates, however, that a spirituality of desire can be derailed, ending in sexual excess and pantheism. Ecologically, holy longing can be redirected from acontemplation of God's splendor in the earth's beauty to a craving for land itself, resulting in disastrous misuse of its resources. Between the major chapters of the book are engaging personal essays drawn from the author's own love of nature as a Reformed Christian, and providing a thoughtful discussion of contemporary issues of species diversity and the honoring of an earth community.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Religious Ethics, Christian Theology, Natural History Books, Spirituality & Religious Experience, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, History Of Religion
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 49.44 USD
- Dimensions: 162x239x26mm
- Weight: 688g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, United States
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