Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-350) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Planetary call and response -- The green catholic imagination : varieties of companion planting -- Standing their ground : from pioneering nuns to pioneering sisters -- It isn't easy being green : habitat, habits, and hybrids -- "Changeless and changing" : engaged Monasticism in the Ecozoic Era -- Nourishing the earthbody : sacramental foodways and culinary Eucharist -- "The tractor is my pulpit" : sacred agriculture as priestly practice -- Saving seeds : heirloom conservation and genetic sanctuaries -- Stations of the earth : body prayer, labyrinths, and other peripatetic rituals -- conclusion : stepping into the future.