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Drilling in the Cathedral
Author(s) -
Rasmussen Larry
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6385.00161
Subject(s) - asceticism , oppression , consumerism , environmental ethics , utilitarianism , alienation , mysticism , faith , aesthetics , sociology , earth (classical element) , philosophy , epistemology , law , political science , theology , politics , mathematical physics , physics
Utilitarianism, alienation, consumerism, and oppression are major forces endangering Earth's well‐being. Over and against these morally and ecologically destructive forces are practices and ideas rooted and nourished in both ancient and modern religio‐moral institutions and traditions. As powerful voices of faith calling the present to account, sacramentalism, mysticism, asceticism, and prophetic liberative practices offer Earth‐honoring ways of life that draw from shared wells and deep‐running waters.