Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Engaging Physical Sciences
6. Chapter 1 The Energy We Are: A Meditation in Seven Pulsations 9
7. Chapter 2 The Fire Each Time : Dark Energy and the Breath of Creation 26
8. Chapter 3 Solar Energy: Theophany and the Theopoetics of Light in Gregory of Nyssa 42
9. Chapter 4 Beyond Heat : Energy for Life 59
10. Chapter 5 Emergence, Energy, and Openness : A Viable Agnostic Theology 70
11. Part II Engaging Ecology and Culture
12. Chapter 6 Ecological Civilizations : Obstacles to, and Prospects for, Religiously Informed Sustainability Movements in a Post-American World 85
13. Chapter 7 “One More Stitch” : Relational Productivity and Creative Energy 106
14. Chapter 8 Energy, Ecology, and Intensive Alliance : Bringing Earth Back to Heaven 121
15. Chapter 9 “Go Big or Go Home” : A Critique of the Western Concept of Energy/ Power and a Theological Alternative 141
16. Chapter 10 God Is Green; or, A New Theology of Indulgence 151
17. Notes 163
18. Contributors 191
19. Index of names and titles 195