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2 - Table of Contents

Green Monasticism: A Buddhist-Catholic Response to an Environmental Calamity
Edited by Prof. Donald W. Mitchell, and William Skudlarek, O.S.B.

Acknowledgement
Introduction, William Skudlarek OSB

Section I: Thomas Merton and the Looming Ecological Crisis

  • Paradise Regained Re-lost, Fr. Ezekiel Lotz OSB
Section II: Buddhist and Christian Teaching on the World and Our Place in It—Religious Vision and Ethical Choices
  • Dependent Origination and the Causes and Conditions behind the Climate Crisis, Ajahn Punnadhammo
  • The World as Created, Fallen, and Redeemed, Fr. James Wiseman OSB
Section III: Monastic Rules on the World and Our Life in It—Bringing New Awareness to Ancient Yet Living Documents
  • The Monastic Rules of Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism , Rev. Heng Sure, Ph.D.
  • The Rule of Benedict, Sr. Judith Sutera OSB
Section IV: Monasticism vis-à-vis the Consumer Society
  • The Monastic Instinct to Revere, to Conserve, to Be Content with Little, and to Share, Rev. Eko Little
  • Christian Monasticism and Simplicity of Life, Fr. Charles Cummings OCSO
Section V: Contemporary Environmental Practices in American Monastic Communities
  • Bad Practices Hidden or Justified by Ideology
    • Saffron and Green in the Clear Forest Pool: A Reflection on the Four Noble Truths and Right Effort, Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni
    • Complicity and Conversion, Fr. Hugh Feiss OSB
  • Good Practices, Ancient and Emerging
    • Good Practices of Buddhist Monastic Communities in North America, Ven. Thubten Semkye
    • Good Practices of Catholic Monastic Communities in North America, Sr. Renée Branigan OSB
Section VI: Epilogue—Insights from Dialogue: Challenges to Living a Green Spirituality
  • Birken: the Tradition of the Green Forest Monastery, Ajahn Sona
  • The Monastic Challenge to Respond in Love, Sr. Anne McCarthey OSB
Section VII: Appendix
  • The Spirituality of Interreligious Dialogue: Shaping a New Ecological Consciousness, Dr. Fabrice Blée

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