Sacred Earth, Sacred Community: Jubilee, Ecology and Aboriginal Peoples

In this third and final volume of readings compiled by the Theology Committee of the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative the authors probe the Jubilee theme of Renewal of the Earth. Two common threads run through the essays, poems and sermons in this collection. The double motif is an awareness of our human need to heal broken relationships with the Earth itself, and with the Aboriginal peoples. The Jubilee vision starts from the conviction that we are called by God to life in community--not in proud or cool isolation from neighbours who differ from us, nor from the rhythms and demands of creation as a whole. Restoring real solidarity, because God insists on it and because people need it, is the enduring Jubilee challenge. This book will assist individuals, groups and church communities in exploring the deep biblical roots of the contemporary Jubilee movement, especially as they relate to the issues of land, ecological concerns and Aboriginal peoples.