Ecotheology in the Humanities

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Divine and Nature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book is a collection of essays about the interaction between God, humans, and nature in the context of the environmental challenges and Biblical studies. Chapters include topics on creation care and Sabbath, sacramental approaches to earth care, classical and medieval cosmologies, ecotheodicy, how we understand the problem of nonhuman suffering in a world controlled by a good God, ecojustice, and how humans help to alleviate nonhuman suffering. The book seeks to provide a way to understand Judeo-Christian perspectives on human-to-nonhuman interaction through Biblical, literary, cultural, film, and music studies, and as such, offers an interdisciplinary approach with emphasis on the humanities, which provides a broader platform for ecotheology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-05-20
Mått162 x 237 x 26 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEcocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498527934

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Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
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Litteraturvetenskap inom Skonlitteratur
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Foreword - John Cobb Jr.Introduction - "Heaven and Nature Sing": Introduction - Melissa BrottonSection I: Creation Care and the SabbathChapter 1 - Friends of the Creator: A Theological Foundation for Earth-keeping Ethics - Ginger HarwoodChapter 2 - A Biblical Land Ethic? A Response to Aldo Leopold - Ellen BernsteinChapter 3 - Sanctification as Impetus for Creation Care in Adventism - Young-Chun KimSection II: Sacramental ApproachesChapter 4 - Ecotheology and Enchantment: How Wendell Berry Helps Re-vision the World - Doug SikkemaChapter 5 - Salmon Theology and Spokane Falls: Catholicism and Restorative Justice in Sherman Alexie’s Poetry - Chad WriglesworthSection III: Classical and Medieval Cosmologies and MusicChapter 6 - "All Nature Sings and Round Me Rings the Music of the Spheres": Christianity and the Transmission of a Cosmic Ecomusicology - David KendallChapter 7 - Stewards of Arda: Creation and Sustenance in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium - Samuel McBrideSection IV: Ecotheod

This book is like a breath of fresh air. Many ecotheologians have begun to pay more attention to literature of wider relevance, including agrarian writers such as Aldo Leopold and Wendell Berry. What has not yet happened, and what this book beautifully illustrates, is that those working in the environmental humanities are able to make a vitally important contribution to ecotheology. I fully endorse the premise of this book that it is high time for a much richer trans-disciplinary conversation to take place and for those in the environmental humanities to wake up to the resources embedded in religious and explicitly ecotheological literature. As this is worked out in practice, some brilliantly original elements come to the surface and take the field forward in new ways. The inclusion of the importance of music, for example, is rarely if ever discussed in ecotheology literatures. This book will be fascinating both for those beginning to encounter this field and the seasoned scholar.