EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Nine, Number Three March/April 2000 Resources The Great Work: Our Way into the Future, by Thomas Berry ($23), 1999, Bell Tower NY. Dedicated to all children, the book calls us to experience creation as a source of wonder and delight. We are urged to move into the future making use of the four-fold wisdom available (of indigenous peoples, of women, of classical traditions and of science), using this moment of grace to transform this cenozoic era into the ecozoic. The Economic Way of the Cross, by the Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF, Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean, and Witness for Peace ($5 plus postage). Order from Alternatives for Simple Living, 800/821-6153; <alternatives@simpleliving.org>. A Good Friday processional with 14 stations, linking the commemoration of Jesus' suffering with the pain caused today by powerful national and transnational economic institutions. Commentary and supplemental resources, in Spanish and English. The Holy Place: Why Caring for the Earth and Being Kind to Animals Matters, by Aaron R. Kelson ($9.95 plus $3 shipping), White Pine Publishing, PO Box 83, Buhl MN 55713; 202/694-5544; <akelson@econ.ag.gov>. The first monograph by a Mormon author that explores the compatibility of love for God's Creation with the fundamental precepts of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The book encourages Mormon involvement with other faiths in the religious ecology movement. Voices of Hope in the Struggle to Save the Planet, by Marjorie Hope and James Young ($19.75 plus postage), 2000, Apex Press, Council on International and Public Affairs, Inc., 777 United Nations Plaza, Ste. 3C, New York NY 10017; 800/316-2739. Beginning with the prophetic voice of Thomas Berry, the book continues with the lives and ideas of key spiritual leaders in Judaism, western and eastern Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, and faiths of Native Americans and two other indigenous peoples. Home     Table of Contents