The Greening of Faith: God, the Environment, and the Good Life - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087451777X ISBN 13: 9780874517774

Publisher: Univ of New Hampshire, 1997

Synopsis

No one argues that continuing depredation of our environment threatens our planet and our existence on it, but conflict arises in finding a solution to the problem. Suggesting that the panacea offered by science and technology is too narrow, 15 philosophers, theologians, and environmentalists argue for a response to ecology that recognizes the tools of science but includes a more spiritual approach-one with a more humanistic, holistic view based on inherent reverence toward the natural world. Writers whose orientations range from Buddhism to evangelical Christianity to Catholicism to Native American beliefs explore ways to achieve this paradigm shift and suggest that "the environment is not only a spiritual issue, but the spiritual issue of our time."

About this title

From the Publisher:

6 x 9 trim. 4 charts. LC 96-22547

About the Author:

All editors are at the University of New Hampshire, where JOHN CARROLL is Professor of Environmental Conservation, author of Environmental Diplomacy (1983) and editor of Embracing Earth (1994). PAUL BROCKELMAN is Professor of Philosophy, Director of Religious Studies, and author of The Inside Story (1992). MARY WESTFALL is the university's Protestant Chaplain and an ordained Presbyterian minister.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of New Hampshire
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 087451777X
• ISBN 13: 9780874517774
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Carroll John E., Brockelman Paul, Westfall Mary