John Hart is Professor of Christian Ethics at Boston University, teaching courses in social ethics, environmental ethics, liberation theology, science and Christianity, and social and ecological justice. His other books include What Are They Saying About...Environmental Theology?, Ethics and Technology: Innovation and Transformation in Community Contexts, and The Spirit of the Earth-A Theology of the Land.

• Part 1 DedicationPart 2 AcknowledgementsPart 3 Introduction: Sacramental CreationChapter 4 Part 1. CreationPart 5 1. Sacramental UniversePart 6 2. The Spirit of St. FrancisPart 7 3. Native SpiritsChapter 8 Part 2. CommonsPart 9 4. Sacramental CommonsPart 10 5. Living WaterPart 11 6. Species SurvivalChapter 12 Part 3. CommunityPart 13 7. Nature's Natural RightsPart 14 8. Commons Good, Common Good and Common GoodsPart 15 9. Job, Injustice and Dynamic NatureChapter 16 Part 4. Common GroundPart 17 10. Jubilee in the CommonsPart 18 11. Commons Commitments: Ecological EthicsPart 19 12. Spirit, Commons and CommunityPart 20 Selected BibliographyPart 21 Index

Sacramental Commons is itself a sacramental occasion. Through John Hart's religiously and morally sensitive reflections, we can discern the natural signs of the Spirit's creative love and, consequently, our responsibilities to sustain the integrity of Earth's sacred habitats and inhabitants. The keynote in Hart's moral vision is a central demand of the Age: the integration of the social and ecological common goods.