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Mahany, Barbara, author.

Title The book of nature : the astonishing beauty of god's first sacred text / Barbara Mahany.

Publication Info.	Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2023]
	©2023

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	231.7 MAHANY	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction	SPIRITUAL—CHRISTIAN— —Mahany	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department	231.7 MAH	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	253.7 MAH	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	231.7 MAHANY	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction	231.7 MAHANY	Check Shelf

Description	191 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-187).
Contents	How I learned to read the book of nature: a foreword -- Reading the book of nature -- On paying a particular attention -- Pages from the book of nature -- The earthly. Garden ; Woods ; Water's edge ; Earth's turning ; A litany of astonishments -- The liminal. Birds ; Gentle rain, thrashing storm ; Wind ; First snow ; A litany of astonishments -- The heavenly. Dawn ; Dusk ; Stars ; Moon ; A litany of astonishments -- Epilogue: Lamentations for the book of nature.
Summary	"Before the sacred Scriptures were ever written, there was a much earlier text: The Book of Nature. Barbara Mahany invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation--nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	Nature -- Biblical teaching.
	Nature -- Biblical teaching. (OCoLC)fst01034562
	Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst01034599
ISBN	9781506473512 (hardcover)
	1506473512 (hardcover)

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