Denis Edwards (1943-2019), was a professorial fellow of Australian Catholic University. He was a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide and priest in residence in Tranmere parish. He was also a  member of the national Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue and the national Australian Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission, and he was involved with the SA Council of Churches. His books include How God Acts: Creation, Redemption and Special Divine Action; Ecology at the Heart of Faith; and Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit.

• ContentsList of Illustrations   viiAcknowledgments   ixIntroduction   xiContributors   xix1 The Landscape Tradition: A Broader Vision for Ecotheology   1Stephen Downs2 Globalization and Ecology   21Christine E. Burke, I.B.V.M.3  “For Your Immortal Spirit Is in All Things”: The Role of the Spirit in Creation   45Denis Edwards4  Enfleshing the Human: An Earth-Revealing, Earth-Healing Christology   69Duncan Reid5 God’s Shattering Otherness: The Trinity and Earth’s Healing   85Patricia A. Fox6  Embracing Unloveliness: Exploring Theology from the Dungheap   105Lorna Hallahan7 Up Close and Personal: In the End, Matter Matters   125Anthony Lowes8 The Relationship Quilt: Feminism and the Healing of Nature   145Lucy Larkin9  A Timely Reminder: Humanity and Ecology in the Light of Christian Hope   159Gregory Brett, C.M.10 Ecotheology as a Plea for Place   177Phillip W. Tolliday11  Situating Humanity: Theological Anthropology in the Context of the Ecological Crisis   195James McEvoy12 Bioethics, Ecology, and Theology   213Andrew DutneyIndex   231

This remarkable and compelling work is the first of its kind where gifted theologians of different traditions are able to retrieve from ancient and contemporary theological and philosophical thought a vision that offers tremendous hope for the ecological crisis that continues to devastate all creation. . . . Edwards and colleagues dare to "push the envelope" of traditional theological thought by calling for a new understanding of the Holy Spirit, incarnation, God, Trinity, and eschatology in light of ecology and the revisioning of the human species as part of the planet's overall divine expression. . . . This work must be read by all who care for the future life of and on the planet, and especially by those who grope for God in the midst of creation's persistent groaning.Carol J. Dempsey, University of Portland

Denis Edwards (1943-2019), was a professorial fellow of Australian Catholic University. He was a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide and priest in residence in Tranmere parish. He was also a  member of the national Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue and the national Australian Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission, and he was involved with the SA Council of Churches. His books include How God Acts: Creation, Redemption and Special Divine Action; Ecology at the Heart of Faith; and Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit.

• ContentsList of Illustrations   viiAcknowledgments   ixIntroduction   xiContributors   xix1 The Landscape Tradition: A Broader Vision for Ecotheology   1Stephen Downs2 Globalization and Ecology   21Christine E. Burke, I.B.V.M.3  “For Your Immortal Spirit Is in All Things”: The Role of the Spirit in Creation   45Denis Edwards4  Enfleshing the Human: An Earth-Revealing, Earth-Healing Christology   69Duncan Reid5 God’s Shattering Otherness: The Trinity and Earth’s Healing   85Patricia A. Fox6  Embracing Unloveliness: Exploring Theology from the Dungheap   105Lorna Hallahan7 Up Close and Personal: In the End, Matter Matters   125Anthony Lowes8 The Relationship Quilt: Feminism and the Healing of Nature   145Lucy Larkin9  A Timely Reminder: Humanity and Ecology in the Light of Christian Hope   159Gregory Brett, C.M.10 Ecotheology as a Plea for Place   177Phillip W. Tolliday11  Situating Humanity: Theological Anthropology in the Context of the Ecological Crisis   195James McEvoy12 Bioethics, Ecology, and Theology   213Andrew DutneyIndex   231

This remarkable and compelling work is the first of its kind where gifted theologians of different traditions are able to retrieve from ancient and contemporary theological and philosophical thought a vision that offers tremendous hope for the ecological crisis that continues to devastate all creation. . . . Edwards and colleagues dare to "push the envelope" of traditional theological thought by calling for a new understanding of the Holy Spirit, incarnation, God, Trinity, and eschatology in light of ecology and the revisioning of the human species as part of the planet's overall divine expression. . . . This work must be read by all who care for the future life of and on the planet, and especially by those who grope for God in the midst of creation's persistent groaning.Carol J. Dempsey, University of Portland

Denis Edwards (1943-2019), was a professorial fellow of Australian Catholic University. He was a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide and priest in residence in Tranmere parish. He was also a  member of the national Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue and the national Australian Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission, and he was involved with the SA Council of Churches. His books include How God Acts: Creation, Redemption and Special Divine Action; Ecology at the Heart of Faith; and Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit.

• ContentsList of Illustrations   viiAcknowledgments   ixIntroduction   xiContributors   xix1 The Landscape Tradition: A Broader Vision for Ecotheology   1Stephen Downs2 Globalization and Ecology   21Christine E. Burke, I.B.V.M.3  “For Your Immortal Spirit Is in All Things”: The Role of the Spirit in Creation   45Denis Edwards4  Enfleshing the Human: An Earth-Revealing, Earth-Healing Christology   69Duncan Reid5 God’s Shattering Otherness: The Trinity and Earth’s Healing   85Patricia A. Fox6  Embracing Unloveliness: Exploring Theology from the Dungheap   105Lorna Hallahan7 Up Close and Personal: In the End, Matter Matters   125Anthony Lowes8 The Relationship Quilt: Feminism and the Healing of Nature   145Lucy Larkin9  A Timely Reminder: Humanity and Ecology in the Light of Christian Hope   159Gregory Brett, C.M.10 Ecotheology as a Plea for Place   177Phillip W. Tolliday11  Situating Humanity: Theological Anthropology in the Context of the Ecological Crisis   195James McEvoy12 Bioethics, Ecology, and Theology   213Andrew DutneyIndex   231

This remarkable and compelling work is the first of its kind where gifted theologians of different traditions are able to retrieve from ancient and contemporary theological and philosophical thought a vision that offers tremendous hope for the ecological crisis that continues to devastate all creation. . . . Edwards and colleagues dare to "push the envelope" of traditional theological thought by calling for a new understanding of the Holy Spirit, incarnation, God, Trinity, and eschatology in light of ecology and the revisioning of the human species as part of the planet's overall divine expression. . . . This work must be read by all who care for the future life of and on the planet, and especially by those who grope for God in the midst of creation's persistent groaning.Carol J. Dempsey, University of Portland