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Christianity and ecology : seeking the well-being of earth and humans
Title:
Christianity and ecology : seeking the well-being of earth and humans
Author:
Hessel, Dieter T.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, [2000]

©2000
Physical Description:
xlvii, 720 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Current thought on Christianity and ecology / D.T. Hessel, R.R. Ruether. I. Creator, Christ, and spirit in ecological perspective. Losing and finding creation in the Christian tradition / E.A. Johnson -- Response / G.D. Kaufman -- An ecological Christology : does Christianity have it? / S. McFague -- Response / K. Pui-lan -- The wounded spirit as the basis for hope in an age of radical ecology / M.I. Wallace -- Response : another view of the spirit's work / E. Rae -- The world of the icon and creation : an Orthodox perspective on ecology and pneumatology / J. Chryssavgis -- Ecofeminism : the challenge to theology / R.R. Ruether -- Response : ecofeminism and theology-- challenges, confrontations, and reconstructions / H. Eaton --

II. Vision, vocation, and virtues for earth community. Christianity's role in the Earth Project / T. Berry -- The human vocation : origins and transformations in Christian traditions / T. Hiebert -- Christian ecological virtue ethics : transforming a tradition / L. van Wensveen -- Response : a constructive proposal / S. Bouma-Prediger -- No more sea : the lost chaos of the eschaton / C. Keller -- Response / M.A. Hinsdale -- River of life in God's new Jerusalem : an eschatological vision for earth's future / B.R. Rossing -- III. The universal and particular in ethics and spirituality. Seeking moral norms in nature : natural law and ecological responsibility / J.A. Nash -- Response / C.L.H. Traina -- The moral status of otherkind in Christian ethics / D. Cowdin -- Behemoth and Batrachians in the eye of God : responsibility to other kinds in biblical perspective / C.B. DeWitt -- Words beneath the water : logos, cosmos, and the spirit of place / D. Burton-Christie -- A Christian-Chinese version of ecotheology : goodness, beauty, and holiness in creation / P.K.H. Lee -- Response / H.Y. Kim -- Deep ecumenicity versus incommensurability : finding common ground on a common earth / P.F. Knitter --

IV. Toward global security and sustainability. Scientific and religious perspectives on sustainablity / I.G. Barbour -- Population, consumption, ecology : the triple problematic / D.C. Maguire -- Response : the church should call not just prophets but environmental deacons / S.P. Bratton -- Incentives, consumption patterns, and population policies : a Christian ethical perspective / J.B. Martin-Schramm -- Climate change : ethics, justice, and sustainable community / D.G. Hallman -- Ecological security and policies of restraint / W.C. French -- Response / P. N. Williams -- Christianity, economics, and ecology / J.B. Cobb, Jr. -- V. Christian praxis for ecology and justice. Global eco-justice : the church's mission in urban society / L. Rasmussen -- Earthkeeping churches at the African grass roots / M.L. Daneel -- Response / M. Robra --

Social transformation through environmental justice / V. Miller-Travis -- Partnership for the environment among U.S. Christians : reports from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment / W. Somplatsky-Jarman, W.E. Grazer, S.L. LeQuire -- The integrity of creation : challenges and opportunities for praxis / P.M. Mische -- Eco-justice at the center of the church's mission / R.R. Reuther.
ISBN:
9780945454199

9780945454205
Format :
Book