Green mass : the ecological theology of St. Hildegard of Bingen / Michael Marder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marder, Michael, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Schuback, Marcia S̀ Cavalcante, writer of foreword.

Schuback, Peter, 1947- composer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecotheology.

Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.

Hildegard.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

""Green Mass" is a meditation on-and with-twelfth-century Christian mystic and polymath Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Attending to Hildegard's vegetal vision, which greens theological tradition and imbues plant life with spirit, philosopher Michael Marder uncovers a verdant mode of thinking. The ensuing work stages a fresh encounter between present-day and pre-modern concerns, ecology and theology, philosophy and mysticism, the material and the spiritual, in word and sound. Hildegard's lush notion of "viriditas, " the vegetal power of creation, is emblematic of her deeply entwined understanding of physical reality and spiritual elevation. From blossoming flora to burning desert, Marder plays with the symphonic multiplicity of meanings in her thought, listening to the resonances between the ardency of holy fire and the aridity of a world aflame. Across Hildegard's cosmos, we hear the anarchic proliferation of her ecological theology, in which both God and greening are circular, without beginning or end. Accompanied by Peter Schuback's musical movements, which echo both Hildegard's own compositions and key themes in each chapter of the book, this multifaceted work creates a resonance chamber, in which to discover a radical vision of the living world anew"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Prelude

Verges

Analogies

Resonances

Missives

Ardencies

Anarchies

Kisses

Postlude.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Marder, Michael, 1980- Green mass

ISBN:

9781503628847

1503628841

9781503629264

1503629260

OCLC:

1232014507

Publisher Number:

99988321768