Further Reading

Chittister, Joan D. Wisdom Distilled from the Daily Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today. Harpers: San Francisco. 1991.

LaChance, Albert J. and John E. Carroll (editors). Embracing Earth: Catholic Approaches to Ecology. Orbis Books: New York. 1995.

Merton, Thomas. When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature. Ave Maria Press: Notre Dame, Indiana. 2003.

Sorrell, Roger D. St. Francis of Assisi and Nature. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 1988.

Taylor, Sarah McFarland. Green Sisters: Catholic Nuns Answering the Call of the Earth. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2004

Teihard de Chardin, Pierre. The Phenomenon of Man. HarperCollins Publishers: New York. 1976.

See also: Berry, Thomas; Christianity (8e)-Creation Spirituality; St Francis of Assisi; Genesis Farm; Hilgegard of Bingen.

 
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