Of the land & the spirit : the essential Lord Northbourne on ecology & religion : including correspondence with Thomas Merton /

Of the land & the spirit : the essential Lord Northbourne on ecology & religion : including correspondence with Thomas Merton /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Northbourne, Lord, 1896-1982
Other Authors:	Fitzgerald, Joseph A., 1977-, James, Christopher, Lord Northbourne, 1926-, Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968, Northbourne, Christopher James, Lord, 1926-2019
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom, [2008], ©2008 Bloomington, Ind. : c2008
Series:	Perennial philosophy series
Subjects:	Agricultural ecology Religion > Philosophy Tradition (Philosophy)
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Table of Contents:

Farming : an ecology in practice
On the value of tradition
Metaphysical principles
Art and symbolism
Lessons from life
Correspondence with Thomas Merton
Foreword / Wendell Berry
Preface / Joseph A. Fitzgerald
Introduction / Christopher James
I Farming: An Ecology in Practice
1. Soil and Growth
2. Health and Food
3. Farms and Farmers
4. Look to the Land: Sustainability
5. Agriculture and Human Destiny
6. Compassion in World Farming
II. On the Value of Tradition
7. Religion and Tradition
8. Looking Back on Progress
9. Decadence and Idolatry
10. Intellectual Freedom
11. Change in the Churches
III. Metaphysical Principles
12. "With God All Things Are Possible"
13. What Am I?
14. On Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
IV. Art and Symbolism
15. Art Ancient and Modern
16. The Beauty of Flowers
17. A Cross Awry
18. A Reflection on Christmas
V. Lessons from Life
19. Old Age
20. The Problem of Pain
21. The Ineluctable Alternative: A Letter to My Descendants
App. Correspondence with Thomas Merton.