Eco-theology

by Celia Deane-Drummond
Eco-theology
Author: Celia Deane-Drummond
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1599820137
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Here is comprehensive coverage of the rapidly growing field of eco-theology. Eco-Theology evaluates the merits or otherwise of contemporary eco-theologies and introduces readers to critical debates, while tracing trends from around the globe and key theological responses. The emphasis is on the theological aspects of Christian engagement with environmental issues, rather than primarily ethical or spiritual concerns. Included are further reading sections and discussion questions.

Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology

by Daniel L. Brunner
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology
Author: Daniel L. Brunner
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441221425
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Today's church finds itself in a new world, one in which climate change and ecological degradation are front-page news. In the eyes of many, the evangelical community has been slow to take up a call to creation care. How do Christians address this issue in a faithful way? This evangelically centered but ecumenically informed introduction to ecological theology (ecotheology) explores the global dimensions of creation care, calling Christians to meet contemporary ecological challenges with courage and hope. The book provides a biblical, theological, ecological, and historical rationale for earthcare as well as specific practices to engage both individuals and churches. Drawing from a variety of Christian traditions, the book promotes a spirit of hospitality, civility, honesty, and partnership. It includes a foreword by Bill McKibben and an afterword by Matthew Sleeth.

Is It Too Late?

by Cobb Jr John B
Is It Too Late?
Author: Cobb Jr John B
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1506471234
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In the fifty years since its initial publication, Is It Too Late? has proven its prescience in ways both significant and dire. As the first book-length philosophical and theological analysis of the environmental crisis, this work introduced a generation to the key elements of crisis while suggesting ways that religion can be a force for hope rather than an instrument of despair. Covering an ambitious range of issues--from deforestation to abortion, from religious views of the natural world to the need for technological innovation to avoid nature's destruction--John Cobb moves deftly from philosophical to theological to scientific learning and integrates these interdisciplinary insights into a compelling vision for what he calls "a new Christianity." Comprehensive in scope, non-technical in expression, and concise in length, Is It Too Late? provides the scholar and the student alike with a readable and compelling orientation to the philosophical and theological stakes of ecology. This Fortress edition includes a new preface in which Cobb reflects on the current situation, the specific promises and perils we now face, and how his own thinking on matters theological and ecological has evolved in the last half century.

Eco-Theology

by Hans Günter Heimbrock
Eco-Theology
Author: Hans Günter Heimbrock
Publisher: Brill Schoningh
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2021-01-15
Genre: Ecotheology
ISBN: 9783506760364
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The volume gives thankful resonance to Prof. Sigurd Bergmann, Lund, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. With its 14 contributions it intends to honor Sigurd Bergmann for all his academic and personal efforts in the areas of critical thinking, responsible ethics, and ingenious spirituality in service of the earth as protected habitat. The authors come from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Montenegro, the UK, South Africa, and Indonesia. The contributions cover a wide range of issues related to eco-theology, namely aesthetics, moral philosophy, theology, history of religion, philosophy of education, history of literature, political theory, and economics.

Ecotheology

by Kiara Jorgenson
Ecotheology
Author: Kiara Jorgenson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467459828
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Just as God loves creation, so are Christians called to care for it. Now, amid the accelerating degradation of our global environment, that task has taken on greater urgency than ever. How should Christians respond to the climate crisis and widespread pollution of earth’s shared commons, water and air? How might Christian communities think about human responsibility to other living creatures? In roundtable format, Richard Bauckham, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Steven Bouma-Prediger, and John F. Haught navigate the layers of what it means for humans to live in right relationship with earth’s lifesystems. After each contributor’s essay, the other three contributors issue a response—including points of disagreement and questions—thereby modeling for readers productive and respectful dialogue. The ecumenical conversations in Ecotheology represent the diverse viewpoints of contributors’ theological and practical commitments, exploring creation care through a variety of frameworks, including natural science, biblical studies, systematic theology, and Christian ethics.

Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection

by Lisa H. Sideris
Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection
Author: Lisa H. Sideris
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780231126601
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Lisa Sideris proposes a new way of thinking about the natural world, an environmental ethic that incorporates the ideas of natural selection and values the processes rather than the products of nature. Such an approach encourages us to take a minimally interventionist approach to nature. Only when the competitive realities of evolution are faced squarely, Sideris argues, can we generate practical environmental principles to deal with such issues as species extinction and the relationship between suffering and sentience.

Ecotheology

by David G. Hallman
Ecotheology
Author: David G. Hallman
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606089099
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A new and urgent item on the agenda of churches around the world is the theological and ethical dimensions of the ecological crisis. Highlighted by the United Nations Earth Summit in Brazil, the issues covered in this volume raise unavoidable and fundamental questions of the life-style and Christian witness in the face of threats to the very survival of humankind and planet Earth. The groundbreaking essays by more than two-dozen contributors in this book are divided into five sections: biblical witness, theological challenges, insights from ecofeminism, insights from indigenous people, and ethical implications. Contributors include: JosŽ P. M. Cunanan, Philippines; Margot Kaessmann, Germany; Renthy Keitzar, India; K. C. Abraham, India; Tony Brun, Costa Rica; Milton B. Efthimiou, United States; Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, World Council of Churches; Kwok Pui-lan, Hong Kong; Larry Rasmussen, United States; Samuel Rayan, India; M. Adebisi Sowunmi, Nigeria; Tsehai Berhane-Selassie, Ethiopia; Chung Hyun Kyung, South Korea; Aruna Gnanadason, India; Anne Primavesi, United Kingdom; Rosemary Radford Ruether, United States; Rob Cooper, New Zealand; Stan McKay, Canada; George Tinker, United States; Edward Antonio, Zimbabwe; Leonardo Boff, Brazil; M. L. Daneel, South Africa; David G. Hallman, Canada; Dieter T. Hessel, United States Catherine Keller, United States.

Green Theology

by Trees von Montfoort
Green Theology
Author: Trees von Montfoort
Publisher: Darton Longman and Todd
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-07-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781913657284
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Voted the Dutch Theological Book of the Year 2019, Green Theology is an urgent, far-reaching Christian theological reconsideration of the relationship between God, creation, nature and human beings. Trees Van Montfoort demonstrates that ecological theology is not a sub-discipline of theology but a rediscovery of theology, focused not only on God and people, but all of creation. Drawing on the perspectives of eco-theologians from around the world, this is a ground-breaking book that redefines the scope of theology for a world in urgent need of answers.

Ecotheology and the Practice of Hope

by Anne Marie Dalton
Ecotheology and the Practice of Hope
Author: Anne Marie Dalton
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2010-09-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438432984
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Looks at how ecotheology has created a new vision of the natural world and the place of humans within it.