John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and theological advisor to the “green patriarch” Bartholomew. He studied in Athens and Oxford, and taught in Sydney and Boston. He lives in Harpswell, Maine, USA.

• Acknowledgments ForewordIntroduction: Restoring the Shattered Image of the WorldSection I: Theory and Theology1. The Lens of Grace: Reintegrating the Sacred and the Profane2. Transcendence and Immanence: Ancient Concepts for a Modern Crisis3. The Desert is Alive: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers4. Divine Sophia: The Wisdom of the Word and Beauty of the World5. Ecology and Mystery: Creation as SacramentSection II: Principles and Practices 6. On Earth as in Heaven: Cardinal Symbols and Values7. Living Cosmology: Creation in Faith and Science8. Responding to Denial and Disdain: The Devil’s Advocate, Part 19. Asking the Right Questions: The Devil’s Advocate, Part 210. The Green Patriarch: A Contemporary Worldview and WitnessConclusion: The Way ForwardOriginal SourcesFurther ReadingIndex

[Creation as Sacrament] should be read by everyone – undergraduate student, graduate student, scholar, layperson, and scientist – who hopes to effect the 'revolutionary reformation' that leads to reconciliation, transfiguration, and resurrection.

John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and theological advisor to the “green patriarch” Bartholomew. He studied in Athens and Oxford, and taught in Sydney and Boston. He lives in Harpswell, Maine, USA.

• Acknowledgments ForewordIntroduction: Restoring the Shattered Image of the WorldSection I: Theory and Theology1. The Lens of Grace: Reintegrating the Sacred and the Profane2. Transcendence and Immanence: Ancient Concepts for a Modern Crisis3. The Desert is Alive: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers4. Divine Sophia: The Wisdom of the Word and Beauty of the World5. Ecology and Mystery: Creation as SacramentSection II: Principles and Practices 6. On Earth as in Heaven: Cardinal Symbols and Values7. Living Cosmology: Creation in Faith and Science8. Responding to Denial and Disdain: The Devil’s Advocate, Part 19. Asking the Right Questions: The Devil’s Advocate, Part 210. The Green Patriarch: A Contemporary Worldview and WitnessConclusion: The Way ForwardOriginal SourcesFurther ReadingIndex

[Creation as Sacrament] should be read by everyone – undergraduate student, graduate student, scholar, layperson, and scientist – who hopes to effect the 'revolutionary reformation' that leads to reconciliation, transfiguration, and resurrection.

John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and theological advisor to the “green patriarch” Bartholomew. He studied in Athens and Oxford, and taught in Sydney and Boston. He lives in Harpswell, Maine, USA.

• Acknowledgments ForewordIntroduction: Restoring the Shattered Image of the WorldSection I: Theory and Theology1. The Lens of Grace: Reintegrating the Sacred and the Profane2. Transcendence and Immanence: Ancient Concepts for a Modern Crisis3. The Desert is Alive: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers4. Divine Sophia: The Wisdom of the Word and Beauty of the World5. Ecology and Mystery: Creation as SacramentSection II: Principles and Practices 6. On Earth as in Heaven: Cardinal Symbols and Values7. Living Cosmology: Creation in Faith and Science8. Responding to Denial and Disdain: The Devil’s Advocate, Part 19. Asking the Right Questions: The Devil’s Advocate, Part 210. The Green Patriarch: A Contemporary Worldview and WitnessConclusion: The Way ForwardOriginal SourcesFurther ReadingIndex

[Creation as Sacrament] should be read by everyone – undergraduate student, graduate student, scholar, layperson, and scientist – who hopes to effect the 'revolutionary reformation' that leads to reconciliation, transfiguration, and resurrection.