Author(s): Primavesi, A. Title: Gaia's Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God after Copernicus Publisher: Routledge Year of publication: 2003
In Gaia's Gift, Primavesi continues the work that she began with her earlier book, Sacred Gaia. In this new exploration of human relationships with the earth, she asks us to complete the ideological revolution first set in motion by Copernicus and Darwin. Their revolutionary ideas challenged the notion of our God-given centrality within the universe and within earth's evolutionary history. Yet as Primavesi asserts in Gaia's Gift, we remain wedded to the assumption that the earth's resources and its species are there for our sole benefit, as our continuing explotation of these resources shows.
Engaging with James Lovelock's scientific understanding of the existential reality of Gaia's gift of life, Primavesi raises the question of our proper place within the universe. In conclusion she leads us towards an understanding of ourselves as dependent on, rather than in control of, the whole Earth community.
Contents: Introduction 1. The astronomical revolution 2. After Copernicus 3. Theological challenges to Copernicus 4. The incomplete revolution 5. Revolution within ourselves 6. Heaven on earth 7. Life on earth 8. Gift exchanges 9. Gift exchange today To search for publications by ANNE PRIMAVESI at Amazon, Press AMAZON
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