Christianity
Popular Religion, Sacred Natural Sites, and “Marian Verdant Advocations” in Spain
Jaime Tatay-Nieto & Jaime Muñoz-Igualada2019
A relevant number of shrines, hermitages, monasteries, and pilgrimage routes in Spain are located within or near Natura…
Pope Francis
Laudato si2015
Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is…
Maximus the Confessor
Spiritual Letters / 7th century
We know God not in his essence, but through the magnificence of his Creation and the action of…
Pavel A. Florensky
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth1914
Thus the goal of the ascetic’s strivings is to perceive all of creation in its original triumphant beuaty….
Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World
O’Donohue, John1999
Over six chapters, each consisting of several short sections, of deep and enjoyable reading, the author describes the…
Valuing Trees in a Changing Cultural Landscape: A Case Study from Northwestern Greece
Stara, Kalliopi; Tsiakiris, Rigas; Wong, Jennifer L. G.2015
This paper explores the changing relationship between society and the environment, taking as a proxy the local valuation…
The Green Patriarch
Chryssavgis, John2010
This paper describes the work of Patriarch Bartholomew I for the protection of the natural environment during the…
Laudato si’. On care for our common home
Pope Francis 2015
This is the first encyclical that a Roman pontiff dedicates to the global ecological crisis. It analyzes in…
The Trees of the Sacred Natural Sites of Zagori, NW Greece
Stara, Kalliopi; Tsiakiris, Rigas; Wong, Jennifer L.G.2015
Cultural landscapes can often be identified by the presence of sacred trees which have been retained and can…
