Ecology at the Heart of Faith
by: Denis Edwards
Orbis Books. Maryknoll, NY. 2006.
An Excerpt from the Introduction
One of the gifts we have received from the twentieth century is a picture of Earth as our shared home. The human community of the twenty-first century can see Earth as a blue-green planet set against the darkness of interstellar space. We are able to think of our home planet in the context of the vast distances of the Milky Way Galaxy and of the roughly one hundred billion galaxies that make up the observable universe, and be led to a new appreciation of Earth’s beauty and hospitality to life. We can see human beings as part of a global community, interconnected with other species and with the life systems of our planet. This represents a precious new moment in human cultural history.
At the same time we are confronted by the damage human beings are doing to the atmosphere, the soil, … continue reading…



