This is the first comprehensive survey of the critical connections between religion, nature and the environment. It includes writings from sacred texts and a broad spectrum of new eco-theological selections. Historical and contemporary selections from key authors and a multicultural range of sources make This Sacred Earth an invaluable teaching resource and a unique introduction to the theory and practice of religious environmentalism.

A synthesis of Rebbe Gabriel Cousens's decades of multidisciplinary work in meditation, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and spirituality. Creating Peace by Being Peace guides the readers in creating peace on seven levels. Dr. Cousens focuses on documentary evidence (as well as his own individual interpretation) of the ancient peace wisdom of the Essenes, a Judaic mystical group that flourished two millennia ago. He conveys this age-old knowledge to modern seekers as a blueprint for how we should live today according to the Sevenfold Path of Peace - peace with the body, the mind, one's family, society, the ecology of the living planet, and the Divine Presence.

Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, vegetarian and lifelong pacifist, shares his best anti-war articles, thoughts, poems and memories from 40 years of peace activism. Includes his nonviolent Hanukkah service, "Eight Candles of Consciousness"; his anti-Kahane protest actions in the 1980s; essays on ecology and Judaism; why he supports gay rights; how he became a vegetarian; thoughts, essays, stories, prayers, anecdotes and quotes on peace. A fascinating retrospective, woven together in a personal style that combines good scholarship with easy reading. Accessible to both Jews and Gentiles, this anthology will forever change your ideas about Judaism and nonviolence.