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Jeon, Deuk Ju. “Denise Levertov’s Nature: An Ecotheological Approach.” Studies of English Literature & Language. 41.1 (2015): 161-183. For Denise Levertov, forest is a holy temple and natural beings practice their religion with hope, faith, ecstasy, and prayers. But she couldn't specify God they adore before her conversion to Catholicism in her later life. After the conversion, her thoughts on the relationship between the spirit, Jesus Christ and creatures have similarities with those of Christian Ecotheologians such as Moltmann, process theologians, and Fox. She thinks that the Holy Spirit is immanent in all creation, even in flesh and the insentient, and that every creature has his (her) own spirit. For her, God has the feminine quality to envelope all creatures and to feel their suffering and pain as his own. She experiences endlessness, delight, awe and mystery she names as God in her mystical meeting with other creatures through her attention to them. As Buber's I-thou relationship, it ascertains the Holy Spirit's presence in both sides. The close relationship between God and other creatures on which she has changeless faith makes us rethink our relationship with God and other creatures. (Hongik University)