[Maskaleris, Thanasis, ed.]. The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis: Will the Humans Be Saviors of the Earth? Translated and edited by Thanasis Maskaleris. Ithaca, NY: Zorba-Press, 2011. 162 p.

ISBN 9780927379977

"This book is an anthology of passages from books by Kazantzakis, centering on Nature and the workers of the
soil" [from the back cover]. 

Contains: Patroclos Stavrou and Niki P. Stavrou, "Foreword from Athens" (pp. 9-12); Jean-Michel Cousteau, "Preface" (pp. 13-14); Dr. Yannis Phillis, "Preface from Crete" (pp. 15-18); Dr. John Anton, "Preface from Arkadia" (pp. 19-20); Thanasis Maskaleris, "Translator’s/Editor’s Introduction" (pp. 21-28); "Earth Quotations" [excerpted from various non-Greek authors] (pp. 29-34).

"Passages from the Works of Nikos Kazantzakis" [prose unless otherwise indicated], [tr. Thanasis Maskaleris] (pp. 35-85). Excerpts from the following works: Japan-China (pp. 37-40); Christ Recrucified (pp. 41-42); Buddha <play> (pp. 43-44); Journeying: Travels in Italy, Egypt, Sinai, Jerusalem, and Cyprus (pp. 45-46); Journey to Morea (p. 47); Kouros <play> (pp. 49-50); Report to Greco (pp. 51-54); The Fratricides (p. 55); The Rock Garden (pp. 57-61); Freedom or Death (pp. 63-64); Zorba the Greek (pp. 65-67); Saint Francis (pp. 69-74); The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel <poetry> (pp. 75-85).

Dr. Peter Bien, "Postscript: Kazantzakis & Saint Francis" (pp. 87-88); Dr. Michael Charles Tobias, "Kazantzakis, Crete, & Biodiversity" (pp. 89-104); Thanasis Maskaleris, "Environmental Poems and 'A Greek Earth-Mantra'" [poetry] (pp. 105-111); Michael Pastore, "Nikos Kazantzakis and the Great Transformation" (pp. 113-119).

Acknowledgements (pp. 120-122); Notes on References (pp. 123-124); Works of Kazantzakis Translated into English (pp. 125-126); Photo Credits and [seventeen black-and-white] Photos of Greece and Crete (pp. 127-157).