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Ecology is too important to be left to self-appointed "environmentalists." Drawing together the wisdom of the Bible with his vast knowledge of the Western literary tradition (Shakespeare, Hopkins, Eliot and many others) and his experience of nature as a longtime resident of Japan, Fr. Milward conveys the beauty that those attentive to God's creation discover. He reawakens us to the sense of contemplative wonder and delight that children experience but that adults, in the busy hubbub of urban and suburban life, so easily forget. Each short chapter is a conversation with a spiritual master, guiding us toward the pearls of God's glory imprinted in the delicate patterns of the world.
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Peter Milward, SJ is Professor Emeritus of Sophia University in Tokyo. He entered the Society of Jesus at St. Beuno’s College in North Wales in 1943 and then went on to study scholastic philosophy at Heythrop College, Oxon from 1947-50 and classical and English literature at Campion Hall, Oxford from 1950-54. He came to Japan in 1954, and after studies of the Japanese language and Catholic theology was ordained a priest at St. Ignatius church in Tokyo in 1960. He taught English literature, with special attention to Shakespearian drama, at Sophia University, Toyko from 1962-96, and then at Tokyo Junshin Women’s College, as dean of the faculty of Modern Culture, from 1996-2002. Fr. Milward is the founder of the Renaissance Institute and Renaissance Centre at Sophia University, and also the Chesterton Society of Japan and Hopkins Society of Japan. He is the author of innumerable books and articles both in Japan and abroad, especially on Shakespeare, Hopkins, and Chesterton.
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Father Milward offers a lyrical approach to the subject os ecology that is beautiful and profound. -- Fr. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.
Milward presents an ecology that is truly Catholic: it gives glory to God and shows due honour to man. -- Father John Saward
Milward's deceptively simple style disguises profound theological insight that comes from a lifetime's immersion in Catholic tradition. -- Stratford Caldecott
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- PublisherSapientia Press Ave Maria Univ
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1932589066
- ISBN 13 9781932589061
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages216
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