Theology And Ecology In Dialogue

Author : Dermot A. Lane
Publisher : Messenger Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781788121910

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Theology and Ecology in Dialogue by Dermot A. Lane Pdf

This book opens with an examination of the meaning of the innocent sounding category of “Integral Ecology” in contemporary thought and its significance for theology today. According to well known Irish theologian Dermot Lane, Integral Ecology changes everything. In this book he focuses on the neglected implications of Integral Ecology for systematic theology. Ecology challenges theology to reimagine who we are, who the Spirit of God is, who Christ is, where creation is going, and what is the role of liturgy in society-- all in the glare of the ecological crisis. This book also mines the theology within and behind the ground-breaking encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. Until fairly recently, climate change was left to the scientists, politicians, and activists. More is needed. Now is the time to hear voice of religion in that debate in the public forum with a view to initiating new, transformative practices in society, in politics, and in religions. This new book will be of interest to activists, politicians, priests, christian educators, and theologians. The book is born out of the conviction that climate change is not just one more problem to be addressed by politicians; rather it is the challenge facing humanity in the 21st century and as such is the challenge underlying all other challenges at this moment in history.

Author : Russell A. Butkus,Steven A. Kolmes
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570759123

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Environmental Science and Theology in Dialogue by Russell A. Butkus,Steven A. Kolmes Pdf

This work demonstrates how understanding environmental science and theology can provide new resources for sustaining the Earth. With sidebars, discussion questions, and recommended readings, the book provides students with a text that nurtures both critical thinking and ethical action.

Author : Kyle Schuyler Van Houtan,Michael S. Northcott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781606088210

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Diversity and Dominion by Kyle Schuyler Van Houtan,Michael S. Northcott Pdf

Description: This book records a set of dialogues between scientists, theologians, and philosophers on what can be done to prevent a global slide into ecological collapse. It is a uniquely multidisciplinary book that exemplifies the kinds of cultural and scholarly dialogue urgently needed to address the threat to the earth represented by our super-industrial civilization. The authors debate the conventional account of nature conservation as protection from human activity. In contrast to standard accounts, they argue what is needed is a new relationship between human beings and the earth that recovers a primal respect for all things. This approach seeks to recover forgotten resources in ancient cultures and in the foundational narratives of Western civilization contained in the Bible and in the culture of classical Greece. Endorsements: ""A refreshing critique of both evangelical and liberal North American environmental discourse, a bold exercise in multi-disciplinary conversation, and a welcome retrieval of the virtues of creaturely humility and gratitude."" -Ernst M. Conradie University of the Western Cape, South Africa ""This wonderfully rich book is a model of deep conversation on crucial challenges we face. The most important issues are intrinsically interdisciplinary, yet we often settle for talking 'at' or 'to' one another. This is especially true among the 'environmental' and 'religious' communities. The conversations in this book show that deep interdisciplinary engagements offer opportunities to re-frame the questions and re-describe the challenges in more promising and life-giving ways, transforming participants and the issues alike. A terrific achievement."" -L. Gregory Jones Duke University ""Underlying the environmental movement are a set of mostly undiscussed ethical and theological assumptions about the nature of the world and our relationship to it. In this pioneering volume, scholars from various perspectives engage in a deep exploration of the relationship of ecology, theology, and ethics. The results are often illuminating, sometimes surprising, and uniformly worth engaging."" --Paul Root Wolpe Emory University ""Van Houtan and Northcott engage scientists, ethicists, theologians, and other thinking persons in dialogue, working to re-ligate the torn academic and social fabric, and bringing all to see and respond to the biosphere--the awesome creation that calls for our guardianship and respectful service. They have us join this dialogue, motivating us--guardeners all--toward nurturing the kind of wisdom and humility that brings good news to every creature."" --Calvin DeWitt University of Wisconsin About the Contributor(s): Kyle S. Van Houtan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Program in Science and Society and a Research Fellow in the Center for Ethics at Emory University. He has served as a biologist with the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Geological Service. Michael S. Northcott is Professor of Ethics in the School of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the author of The Environment and Christian Ethics (1996)

Author : Dermot Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0809155613

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Theology and Ecology in Dialogue by Dermot Lane Pdf

Author : Jay B. McDaniel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725226296

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With Roots and Wings by Jay B. McDaniel Pdf

In With Roots & Wing, Jay McDaniel brings together insights from the natural sciences, Christian theology, and interreligious dialogue, breaking new ground in the search for a wholistic spirituality for our time. Taking this title from the Jewish proverb--that we must give our children both roots and wings--McDaniel shows how this applies to our spiritual lives as well. With Roots and Wings offers an alternative to the contemporary dilemmas of empty consumerism and rigid fundamentalism, consisting of three basic, interrelated approaches to being: to be rooted in the Earth and religious tradition; to be open to the insights of people of other faiths as well as to share our own; and to become centered on God. McDaniel shows where the "new universe story" of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme and the Christian story meet and differ, where they complement, and where they supplement one another. With Roots & Wings shows how to experience both "green grace" that comes from opening one's self to the rhythms of the cosmos, and "red grace" symbolized in the crucifixion of Christ--both of which are vital to a Christian ecological spirituality and praxis. Most impressive is McDaniel's ability to absorb and reflect important lessons Christians can learn from Native Americans, from Buddhists and Hindus, from Muslims and Jews. The complexity of the issues he addresses and his ability to explain them simply and clearly makes With Roots and Wings must-reading for the general reader as well as ecological activists, clergy, and laity alike. Nothing else comes near it in depth, power, and insight.

Author : Stephen Okey
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814684429

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A Theology of Conversation by Stephen Okey Pdf

Sometimes described as “a theologian’s theologian,” David Tracy’s scholarship has impacted countless thinkers around the globe. The complexity of his thought, however, has often made engaging his work into a daunting challenge. Combining analysis of the most influential features of Tracy’s theology (theological method, the religious classic, public theology) with a retrieval of his more overlooked interests (Christology, God), Stephen Okey presents the essential themes of Tracy’s career in accessible and insightful prose.

Author : Donald B. Conroy,Rodney Lawrence Petersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015050105496

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Earth at Risk by Donald B. Conroy,Rodney Lawrence Petersen Pdf

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Author : Dennis O'Hara,Matthew Eaton,Michael T. Ross
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498580069

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Integral Ecology for a More Sustainable World by Dennis O'Hara,Matthew Eaton,Michael T. Ross Pdf

Laudato Si’ insists on a revolutionary human response to the public challenges of our time concerning the ecological crisis. The volume takes up the revolutionary spirit of Pope Francis and speaks to the economic, technological, political, educational, and religious changes needed to overcome the fragile relationships between humans and Earth. This volume identifies various systemic factors that have produced the anthropogenic ecological crisis that threatens the planet and uses the ethical vision of Laudato Si’ to promote practical responses that foster fundamental changes in humanity’s relationships with Earth and each other. The essays address not only the immediate behavioral changes needed in individual human lives, but also the deeper, societal changes required if human communities are to live sustainable lives within Earth’s integral ecology. Thus, this volume intentionally focuses on a plurality of cultural contexts and proposes solutions to problems encountered in a variety of global contexts. Accordingly, the contributors to this volume are scholars from a breadth of interdisciplinary and cultural backgrounds, each exploring an ethical theme from the encyclical and proposing systemic changes to address deeply entrenched injustices. Collectively, their essays examine the social, political, economic, gender, scientific, technological, educational, and spiritual challenges of our time as these relate to the ecological crisis.

Author : Forrest Clingerman,Mark H. Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317080411

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Placing Nature on the Borders of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics by Forrest Clingerman,Mark H. Dixon Pdf

The natural world has been "humanized": even areas thought to be wilderness bear the marks of human impact. But this human impact is not simply physical. At the emergence of the environmental movement, the focus was on human effects on "nature." More recently, however, the complexity of the term "nature" has led to fruitful debates and the recognition of how human individuals and cultures interpret their environments. This book furthers the dialogue on religion, ethics, and the environment by exploring three interrelated concepts: to recreate, to replace, and to restore. Through interdisciplinary dialogue the authors illuminate certain unique dimensions at the crossroads between finding value, creating value, and reflecting on one's place in the world. Each of these terms has diverse religious, ethical, and scientific connotations. Each converges on the ways in which humans both think about and act upon their surroundings. And each radically questions the damaging conceptual divisions between nature and culture, human and environment, and scientific explanation and religious/ethical understanding. This book self-consciously reflects on the intersections of environmental philosophy, environmental theology, and religion and ecology, stressing the importance of how place interprets us and how we interpret place. In addition to its contribution to environmental philosophy, this work is a unique volume in its serious engagement with theology and religious studies on the issues of ecological restoration and the meaning of place.

Author : E. M. Conradie
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920109233

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Christianity and Ecological Theology by E. M. Conradie Pdf

There has been a proliferation of publications in the field of Christian ecological theology over the last three decades or so. These include a number of recent edited volumes, each covering a range of topics and consolidating many of the emerging insights in ecological theology. The call for Christian churches to respond to the environmental crisis has been reiterated numerous times in this vast corpus of literature, also in South Africa.

Author : Raimundo C. Barreto,Graham McGeoch,Wanderley Pereira da Rosa
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798889831204

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World Christianity and Ecological Theologies by Raimundo C. Barreto,Graham McGeoch,Wanderley Pereira da Rosa Pdf

World Christianity and Ecological Theologies brings attention to the intersection of religion and ecology as they have developed, especially in the Global South, highlighting the kinds of ecological theologies that have emerged in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific. For this volume, two pioneering scholars, Latin American ecofeminist liberation theologian Ivone Gebara and German political theologian Jürgen Moltmann--who have both contributed distinctively to the development of ecological theologies globally--provide two anchor essays on the trajectories and roles of ecological theologies. The gradual process of restructuring and refining their respective theologies led Gebara and Moltmann to explore multiple contexts, including political and militant debates, male-female theologian interactions, and North/South, East/West cross-cultural relationships. This volume builds on this dialogical dynamic present in Gebara's and Moltmann's theological trajectories, and invites scholars in religious studies and theology from different continents and contexts to continue this North-South dialogue on environmental ethics, political ecology, and ecofeminism. Through the global pandemic, the connection between environmental rapacity, religion, and political interests has once again called scholarly attention to the important conversation on public religion and global environment-related issues. On the one hand, more scholars of religion engaging with ecological issues are using the language and concepts of scholars from the Global South, adopting such terms as "coloniality/decoloniality" to frame their critical analysis. Acknowledging a deficit among scholars of World Christianity in addressing environmental concerns and limited language to frame those concerns in the field, this aims to bring the fields of study that became known as "World Christianity" and "Religion and Ecology" into a sustained conversation, with the goal of expanding the theoretical horizons of both fields. World Christianity and Ecological Theologies builds on the understanding that Christianity in the Global South emerges from a social matrix conditioned culturally and linguistically by pre-existing religions. It reiterates that all Christian theologies are contextual, as they shape and are shaped by specific historical and cultural circumstances. It aims at showcasing the ways in which the intersection of religion and ecology is approached by scholars in religious studies and theology in the Global South or by those in conversation with them in the Global North, pointing to what can be generated if these bodies of scholarship are engaged as dialogue partners to investigate new patterns of religious environmentalism.

Author : Dieter T. Hessel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592443109

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Theology for Earth Community by Dieter T. Hessel Pdf

This volume brings together original essays by both seasoned professionals and emerging scholars who examine state-of-the-art scholarship and pedagogy in ecologically-alert theology. Authors assess what various theologians have to offer, and draw implications for reshaping religious and environmental studies, as well as preparing the next generations of church leaders or pastoral workers. What needs to be done, these authors ask, to bring biblical studies, systematics, social ethics, practical theology, spiritual formation, and liturgy up to speed with eco-justice thought and action on environmental questions?

Author : Edmund Kee-Fook Chia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000264357

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Confucianism and Christianity by Edmund Kee-Fook Chia Pdf

This book reflects on three broad themes of Confucian-Christian relations to assist in the appreciation of the church’s theology of mission. While the themes of this volume are theological in orientation, the dialogue is engaged in from an interdisciplinary approach that prioritises the act of listening. Part I surveys the historical background necessary for an adequate understanding of the contemporary Confucian-Christian dialogues. It examines the history of Confucian-Christian relations, explores the Chinese Rites Controversy, and delineates the contemporary task of indigenizing Christianity by Sino-Christian theologians. Part II compares elements in the Confucian and Christian traditions that exemplify the epitome and fullness of spiritual development. It discusses the Confucian practice of rites (li), interrogates how the noble or exemplary person (junzi) competes, and outlines the Confucian understanding of sageliness (shengren). Lastly, Part III examines different aspects of the church’s engagements with the world outside of itself. It advocates for a Confucian-Christian hermeneutic of moral goodness, attends to the Confucian emphasis on moral self-cultivation, proposes that Confucian virtue ethics can shed light on Christian moral living, and offers a Confucian-Christian understanding of care for mother earth. This book is ideally suited to lecturers and students of both Christian studies and Confucian studies, as well as those engaged in mission studies and interfaith studies. It will also be a valuable resource for anyone interested in comparative religious and theological studies on Christianity and Confucianism.

Author : Paul F. Knitter
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332045

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One Earth, Many Religions by Paul F. Knitter Pdf

One of the world's foremost exponents of the "pluralist" position as the most adequate Christian theological account of religious diversity turns to a new and urgent issue facing the community of world religions. For Paul Knitter, the spectre of environmental and social injustice looms over any serious discussion of humankind's future. As urgent as it is to have peace among the world's believers to achieve peace among nations, it is urgent that these communities unite in understanding and defending of the earth. In One Earth Many Religions Knitter looks back at his own "dialogical odyssey" and forward to the way that interfaith encounters and dialogue must focus attention on new challenges. Nothing less than enlisting the commitment of the world's religions on the task of saving our common home will do. In making that case, Knitter makes clear the complex structurespolitical, economic, and social as well as religious - that face those who approach this task. While articulating a "this-worldly soteriology" necessary to overcome our eco-human plight, Knitter offers practical considerations on actions and projects that have and should have been undertaken to stem the tide of environmental and human suffering. The global crisis is both at the center of One Earth Many Religions and a test case for Knitter and others engaged in the dialogue of religions. Can religious differences concerning the nature of the transcendent themselves be transcended in order to promote eco-human well-being? The issue seems basic and clearif interreligious dialogue cannot effect such a change, then one must question whether religion is of any use whatsoever.

Author : John Grim,Mary Evelyn Tucker
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1597267074

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Ecology and Religion by John Grim,Mary Evelyn Tucker Pdf

From the Psalms in the Bible to the sacred rivers in Hinduism, the natural world has been integral to the world’s religions. John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker contend that today’s growing environmental challenges make the relationship ever more vital. This primer explores the history of religious traditions and the environment, illustrating how religious teachings and practices both promoted and at times subverted sustainability. Subsequent chapters examine the emergence of religious ecology, as views of nature changed in religious traditions and the ecological sciences. Yet the authors argue that religion and ecology are not the province of institutions or disciplines alone. They describe four fundamental aspects of religious life: orienting, grounding, nurturing, and transforming. Readers then see how these phenomena are experienced in a Native American religion, Orthodox Christianity, Confucianism, and Hinduism. Ultimately, Grim and Tucker argue that the engagement of religious communities is necessary if humanity is to sustain itself and the planet. Students of environmental ethics, theology and ecology, world religions, and environmental studies will receive a solid grounding in the burgeoning field of religious ecology.