The Body of God

An Ecological Theology

By: Sallie McFague

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Paperback | 30 June 1993

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Award-winning theologian Sallie McFague here develops a striking and novel vision of the universe, one that takes seriously and radically both contemporary science and the incarnational commitments of the Christian tradition.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Ecological Crisis	p. 1
A Lament for the Planet	p. 2
The Planetary Agenda	p. 8
One Theologian's Response: The Model of the Body	p. 13
A Meditation on the Body	p. 22
The Organic Model	p. 27
The Classic Organic Model	p. 30
The Common Creation Story	p. 38
Embodied Knowing, Embodied Doing	p. 47
Ecological Unity	p. 55
A Theology of Nature	p. 65
Theology and the Planetary Agenda	p. 67
Theology of Nature: Remythologizing Christian Doctrine	p. 78
A Reading of Postmodern Science: Organism or Mechanism	p. 91
At Home on the Earth	p. 99
Our Place in the Scheme of Things	p. 103
Sin: The Refusal to Accept Our Place	p. 112
God and the World	p. 131
A Meditation on Exodus 33:23b	p. 131
Major Models of God and the World	p. 136
Spirit and Body	p. 141
Creation: Production, Procreation, or Procreation-Emanation?	p. 151
The Body of God	p. 159
The Shape of the Body: The Christic Paradigm	p. 162
The Scope of the Body: The Cosmic Christ	p. 179
Face, Body, and Spirit: Some Reflections on the Trinity	p. 191
A New Shape for Humanity	p. 197
Eschatology: The Hope for a New Creation	p. 198
Ethics: A New Lens for Seeing	p. 202
Ecclesia: A Sign of the New Creation	p. 205
Some Afterthoughts	p. 207
Notes	p. 213
Name Index	p. 263
Subject Index	p. 266
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