A Catechism of Nature: Meditations on Creation's Primary Realities

by George Willcox Brown III

Overview

This book considers the problem of ecological degradation from the perspective of a Christian clergyman and hunter. Drawing on the tradition of Christian mysticism, the author offers a series of meditations on various aspects of the natural world, including oceans and prairies, weather patterns, the changing of seasons, animal and plant communities, and the ways humans engage with them. He sees the intellectual and spiritual roots of the modern ecological crisis in a turn of thought coming from the Enlightenment that makes the value of the natural world a function of its utility, and he offers a way out that is centered in prayer and humility.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725295605
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	11/08/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

George Willcox Brown III studied philosophy and theology at Sewanee (The University of the South) and Yale University. He is an Episcopal priest, a hunter, a fisherman, and a naturalist. He worked for several years as a fish and wildlife conservationist. He lives in southern Georgia.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“It isn't often one gets to savor a sharp theological mind reflecting on nature from intimate knowledge rather than from only casual acquaintance. Fr. Will possesses not only a formidable grasp of doctrine and philosophy, but also the grounded love of a keen outdoorsman. Follow him through the countryside of Texas, Georgia, and Africa, and you’ll be inspired by his ecological vision of Christianity almost even more than you’ll delight in him.”

—Mark Clavier, Residentiary Canon of Brecon Cathedral

Editorial Reviews

It isn't often one gets to savor a sharp theological mind reflecting on nature from intimate knowledge rather than from only casual acquaintance. Fr. Will possesses not only a formidable grasp of doctrine and philosophy, but also the grounded love of a keen outdoorsman. Follow him through the countryside of Texas, Georgia, and Africa, and you’ll be inspired by his ecological vision of Christianity almost even more than you’ll delight in him.”

—Mark Clavier, Residentiary Canon of Brecon Cathedral

From the Publisher