Before Nature <subTitle>A Christian spirituality</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Santmire, H. Paul</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">2:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Fortress Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2014</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>253tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Before Nature caps a set of themes first brought to the fore in Santmire's previous work, most notably the classic The Travail of Nature. Here Santmire continues the pursuit of a theology bound up with nature and its condition, especially the fragility and fervent expectation of nature's redemption. Out of this concern, Santmire invites readers on a theological and spiritual journey to a prayerful and contemplative knowledge of the Triune God, in which practitioners are inducted into a bountiful relationship with the cosmic and universal ministry of Christ and the Spirit uniting all of nature in a single vision of hope and anticipation. Scholarly, practical, and accessible.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">H. Paul Santmire</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Trinity</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Nature -- Religious aspects</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Spirituality -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">261.88</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S231-P32</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781451473001</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11975/be.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11975/be.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071059.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>