Spotlights, Timothy Morton and Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2024
- This episode of Spotlights features Timothy Morton, PhD, Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University and author of several books on ecological thought. We discuss their new book, Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology (Columbia University Press, 2024). Escaping global warming hell, this revelatory book shows, requires a radical, mystical marriage of biology and Christianity-the biosphere and the body of Christ-awakening a future beyond the master-slave binary underlying racism, sexism, classism, and speciesism. We discuss the personal, poetic, political, and spiritual dimensions of this passionate, erudite, and playful book. More information about the book can be found on the publisher's website: cup.columbia.edu/book/hell/97...
This was a wonderful occasion. Sam is a terrific intellect and a lovely soul.
Looking forward very much to reading the book in connection with my dissertation. I wonder if Tim Morton has encountered Thich Nhat Hanh and the Zen part of the Mahayana tradition and his econological thought, which centers on interbeing as well as dependent origination in the Plum Village tradition of Buddhism. Thay (Nhat Hanh) was a reformer of aspects of Buddhism and sends people back to root traditions such as Christianity. He wrote the popular versions, such as Jesus and Buddha as Brothers, and also transations and commentary on sutras in the Mahayana tradition (the Diamond, Heart, and Lotus Sutras, and many other sutras. In Plum Village, check out Phap Linh or Brother Spitit and his dharma talks on TH-cam re ecology, neuroscience, and Buddhist teaching.
Very much yes I have! While I haven't done a retreat with him, I have done a lot of Zen walking meditation while on other retreats...and have listened to many of his dharma talks. Thanks so much for writing.
Many Europeans and North Americans remain extremely merciful towards themselves and towards those they consider worthy of their friendship, as if the rest of the world did not exist. Where is the mercy and oblivion in the Gaza genocide? Let's at least talk about Gaza, not to mention centuries of colonialism, imperialism, wars, carnage, looting, coups, blockades etc. etc. etc.