Ecological Spirituality

by Diarmuid O'Murchu

Ecological Spirituality invites readers to the revolutionary work of moving beyond understandings of spirituality that emphasize holiness as detachment from our world and attachment to a world beyond. O’Murchu encourages a rediscovery of the sacred here on Earth, an ecologically-focused spirituality propelled by the critical issues that currently face the well-being of creatures and ecosystems around the planet.

224 pages, Paperback

Published March 20, 2024

About the author

Diarmuid O'Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, is a social psychologist most of whose working life has been in social ministry, predominantly in London, UK. In that capacity he has worked as a couple's counsellor, in bereavement work, AIDS-HIV counselling, and laterally with homeless people and refugees. As a workshop leader and group facilitator he has worked in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, The Philippines, Thailand,
India, Peru and in several African countries, facilitating programmes on Adult Faith Development.

His best known books include Quantum Theology (1996 - revised in 2004), Reclaiming Spirituality (1998), Evolutionary Faith (2002), Catching Up with Jesus (2005), The Transformation of Desire (2007), Ancestral Grace (2008), Jesus in the Power of Poetry (2009).

Reviews

[Lauren Artress · Rating 5 out of 5]

Opening Our Eyes to a Broader Vision

This book is a culmination of O’Murchu’s prolific previous work. It gives it a title “Eco-spirituality”. It therefore grounds as well as moves forward his efforts to peel the patriarchal worldview off our eyeballs and bring us earthlings back to embrace our earlier roots in an Earth-based spirituality articulating the model from Indigenous peoples. A helpful and affirming read for the Spiritual But Not Religious.