In this Special Focus issue, Guest Editor Franca Bellarsi assembles nine essays related to ecospirituality. Beginning with the questions why a spiritual relationship with nature matters, what beneficial effects it may have, and what dangers it may harbor, these examine past and present forms of ecospirituality, looking at instances where it has been lost, reappeared, and changed in shape. They explore the spiritual dimension of ways of regaining a life of more elemental creatureliness, be it through spirituality as a reconnection with the body and the rhythms of nature, critique of problematic positions within the Christian church with regard to animals, or engagement with religious thought and ecopoetry. Also explored is how an ecospiritual turn in mind of contexts as different as Buddhism and Roman Catholicism can play a valuable role in challenging entrenched anthropocentric hierarchies.