Judaism and Environmental Ethics

A Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's extensive introduction analyzes and appraises the anthologized essays, each of which serves to deepen and enrich our understanding of current reflection on Judaism and environmental ethics. Brought together in one volume for the first time, the most important scholars in the field touch on diverse disciplines including deep ecology, political philosophy, and biblical hermeneutics. This ambitious book illustrates—precisely because of its interdisciplinary focus—how longstanding disagreements and controversies may spark further interchange among ecologists, Jews, and philosophers. Both accessible and thoroughly scholarly, this dialogue will benefit anyone interested in ethical and religious considerations of contemporary ecology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2001-06-06
Mått157 x 231 x 26 mm
Vikt674 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor432
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739101186

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Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 The Historical QuestionChapter 3 On Classical Judaism and Environmental CrisisChapter 4 The Hebrew View of NatureChapter 5 Concepts of Nature in the Hebrew BibleChapter 6 The Forestry of the ProphetsChapter 7 The Agricultural and Ecological Symbolism of the Four Species of SukkotChapter 8 Judaism and the Practice of StewardshipChapter 9 Man and Nature in the Sabbatical YearChapter 10 Commentary on the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1Part 11 The Ethical QuestionChapter 12 Our Covenant with Stones: A Jewish Ecology of EarthChapter 13 Created in the Image of God: Humanity and Divinity in an Age of EnvironmentalismChapter 14 Is Gaia Jewish? Finding a Framework for Radical Ecology in Traditional JudaismChapter 15 "One, Walking, and Studying...": Nature vs. TorahChapter 16 Bal Tashchit: A Jewish Environmental PreceptChapter 17 Contemporary Problems in Ethics from a Jewish PerspectivePart 18 The Philosophical QuestionChapter 19 The Unnatural JewChapter 20 Comments on the Unnatural JewChapter 21 Some Thoughts on Nature and JudaismChapter 22 Judaism and the Sanctification of NatureChapter 23 Judaism and Nature: Theological and Moral Issues to Consider while Renegotiating a Jewish Relationship to the Natural WorldChapter 24 Nature's Healing Power, the Holocaust, and the Environmental CrisisChapter 25 Ethical Issues of Animal Welfare in Jewish ThoughtChapter 26 Judaism and Animal ExperimentationChapter 27 Vegetarianism and JudaismChapter 28 Sanctified Eating: A Memorial of Creation

For decades Judaic environmental ethics has stood in the shadow of unfruitful debates about Christian responsibility for the environmental crisis. This collection puts those debates into perspective and begins the discussion of Jewish environmental philosophy in its own right, by bringing together materials that would otherwise be difficult to obtain, if not unavailable, to most readers of the book. It provides the best starting point for anyone, researchers and laypersons alike, interested in learning more about this important subfield within environmental philosophy.