Foreword (Bron Taylor), ix
Prologue, xiii
1. What’s in a Tree?, 1
I. ROOTS, 7
2. Enchanted Nature, Animism, 9
3. The Original Spiritual Ecologists, Indigenous Peoples, 13
4. Ecologically Noble or Ignoble?, 21
5. Natural Wisdom and Action, The Buddha, 31
6. Medieval Radical, Saint Francis ofAssisi, 43
II. TRUNK, 49
7. The Spirit of Walden, Henry David Thoreau, 51
8. Wilderness Disciple, John Muir, 57
9. Spiritual Science, Rudolf Steiner, 65
III. BRANCHES, 69
10. Nature as Thou, Martin Buber, 71
11. Challenging Christians, Lynn White, Jr., 75
12. Supernovas, 83
IV. LEAVES, 99
13. Can a Poet Save Nature? W. S. Merwin, 101
14. Reconnecting, Joanna Macy, 107
15. Green Patriarch, Bartholomew I, 115
V. FLOWERS, SEEDS, AND FRUITS, 121
16. To Plant a Tree, Wangari Maathai, 123
17. Desert Spirituality, Burning Man, 131
18. Avatar, Opening Pandora’s Box, James Cameron, 137
VI. HAZARDS, 147
19. Atheist Spiritual Ecology, Donald A. Crosby, 149
20. Natural Theology, AlisterE. McGrath, 155
21. Secularization of the Sacred, His Holiness the 14th
Dalai Lama ofTibet, 161
Epilogue, 169
Notes, 173
Appendix: Selected List of Contributors to Spiritual Ecology, 205
Bibliography, 207
Index, 277
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