Cosmic grace + humble prayer : the ecological vision of the green patriarch Bartholomew I / edited by John Chryssavgis ; with a foreword by Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1940-

Contributor:

Chryssavgis, John.

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Standardized Title:

Selections. English

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Human ecology.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

xii, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2003]

Summary:

This book presents the ecological vision of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, an outstanding, outspoken religious leader on environmental issues. Cosmic Grace and Humble Prayer is a unique and comprehensive collection of church statements and occasional addresses by the Ecumenical Patriarch, some of them translated here for the first time. Editor Fr. John Chryssavgis has organized these pieces chronologically and thematically, highlighting particular points of interest and importance. He also provides a substantial historical and theological introduction to the initiatives and writings of "the Green Patriarch" and to the unmatched environmental perspective of the Orthodox. Church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-348) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0802821693

OCLC:

52288763