Wounded Earth

The world is seriously wounded threatened by violence egocentricity and mass consumerism. Government intervention alone will never solve society's problems. We need personal responsibility and healing on a global scale. This carefully researched book skillfully weaves science and spirituality with philosophy and ancient wisdom using potent imagery of the Wounded Healer embodied in the life of Jesus Christ the story of the healing centaur Chiron and the work of the indigenous shaman. Through suffering his own physical and mental wounds the Wounded Healer acquires a special empathy for recognizing and healing the wounds of others. This book is full of hope as it speaks to a palpable global shift towards holistic and spiritual values. Through the healing needs of relationship our economy our environment and the living Gaia and finally the curing professions of pastoral and medical care it shows how we may all become catalysts for social change for a happier and more peaceful world.

Having grown up in Africa I experienced the negative results of population growth on the natural environment. While observing all this I noticed the proliferation of squatter camps, poverty and many other problems. The rich world of business did not seem to have any solutions other than to exploit as much as possible. I see balanced population levels as a solution as balance in the natural world is all important. Cultures such as the Native Americans knew this all along yet for some strange reason the need for a healthy natural balance is always overlooked in our modern world of intellectuals. Recently over 50 million American bison were wiped out and now the car is everywhere. The wildlife needs a helping hand to recover from past actions and the sooner the better. This book is in defense of what remains of the wildlife and looks at a very possible alternative to the senseless destruction of what really counts.

Explores the wounded body in literature from Homer to Toni Morrison, examining how it functions archetypally as both a cultural metaphor and a poetic image.

This volume brings together original essays by both seasoned professionals and emerging scholars who examine state-of-the-art scholarship and pedagogy in ecologically-alert theology. Authors assess what various theologians have to offer, and draw implications for reshaping religious and environmental studies, as well as preparing the next generations of church leaders or pastoral workers. What needs to be done, these authors ask, to bring biblical studies, systematics, social ethics, practical theology, spiritual formation, and liturgy up to speed with eco-justice thought and action on environmental questions?

Scientific Study from the year 2021 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 10.00, , language: English, abstract: This paper analyses how the earth is able to heal due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Humans' life and activities have always been influenced by Earth's climate from the first stages of its existence. World population concentration is confined in a relatively small region where the climate conditions are most favourable to human life and activities. Although the inhabited area is increasing gradually, the areas with less favourable conditions are developing relatively slow. It imposes more and more stress on the natural resources available on the Earth's limited field. Agricultural activities, the backbone of the economy of many countries, depend primarily on the weather and climate of a particular area.