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Gardening Eden

How Creation Care Will Change Your Faith, Your Life, and Our World

by Michael Abbate
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Before the snake,
the apple,
and the Ten Commandments,
God created a garden…

“Spiritual environmentalism” did not start out as an oxymoron–it was an invitation.
Yet today, many believe God’s first job description for humankind has been replaced by other “worthier pursuits”. Why has this simple instruction become so controversial? How does one sort through all the mixed messages? Is changing our lives to save the world really our responsibility–or even possible?
Gardening Eden invites you to consider a new, spiritual perspective to practical environmentalism. The question is not whether our souls find expression and inspiration in our incredible planet, but how best to preserve that fundamental connection.
Green living is no longer a fad–simple lifestyle solutions are now available to everyone. Discover creation care as an act of worship and a call to deeper harmony with our Creator, our fellow gardeners, and our living Earth. Gardening Eden is the primer in how this shift will transform not only our world, but your very soul.

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    March 17, 2009

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      • ISBN: 9780307446008

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2009
      Spirituality of all colorations that connects us with our environment is not new, but it continues to acquire urgency, and these two titles reflect that concern. Gardener Danaan's wholly spiritual and entirely nondenominational book mixes anecdote, memoir, journal prompt, and suggested activities to create a volume that, while pleasing, is surprisinglyungrounded. Without question the most controversial portion engages "the energy of the entheogen" (they're psychogenic substances used in ritual), which Danaan recommends encountering "psychically," and one wonders if all her readers will hold back. More conventional is "Gardening Eden", in which "green" strategist and landscape designer Abbate shows how a renewed commitment to caring for the planet can bring the reader closer to an authentic and even biblical sense of communion with God. For larger collections.

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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