Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation by Teresa Berger (Editor)This collection of essays is the first book-length publication on the intersection of liturgy, creation, and the cosmos. The essays were first presented at the 2018 Yale Institute of Sacred Music Liturgy Conference and represent how contemporary liturgical scholars are responding to the environmental crisis.
Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology by Gordon W. LathropConsists of reflections on the ways in which Christian worship may help to imagine, understand, care for, and live in the world. Lathrop’s argument is that the central symbols of Christian liturgy can encourage helpful dialogue on the need for a cosmology that acknowledges the severity of the planetary crisis.
Green Mass: The Ecological Theology of St. Hildegard of Bingen (Online) by Michael MarderMichael Marder, in collaboration with musician Peter Schuback, engages the writings of St. Hildegard of Bingen in his assessment of her ecological theology. Moving through the book thematically, Marder uses the term veriditas (“the greening green”) to guide his understanding of her writings.
Ritualizing Nature: Renewing Christian Liturgy in a Time of Crisis by H. Paul SantmireBuilding from his study in The Travail of Nature, Santmire contends that the resources are available within the Christian tradition to cultivate a robust and vital approach to the natural world, one that is full of awe, wonder, and beauty. Christian ritual has much within it to support environmentally friendly religious practice.