Cultivating Unity: within the Biodiversity of God - Softcover

Anne Primavesi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598150316 ISBN 13: 9781598150315

Publisher: Polebridge Press, 2011

Synopsis

Scientific assertions about our shared origins with other species and shared dependence on global ecosystems are often resisted and even dismissed on the grounds that humans are different from all other beings in both degree and kind. We presume we are intellectually and morally superior to all other creatures. We might even be accused of worshipping humanity. Anne Primavesi looks at ways that the Christian inheritance has contributed to or limited respect for biodiversity and asks: How is our common perception of God at variance with Jesus own understanding of our Father s kingdom ? Would a better appreciation of the God of Jesus inspire us to cultivate unity through reverence for diversity? How do we respond to the fact that Jesus suffered a violent death but did not inflict violence on any living being?

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Review

Primavesis inspiring book connects the wisdom of the past to present realities like biodiversity loss and climate change. --Timothy B. Leduc, York University, Canada, author of Climate, Culture, Change

A hopeful, insightful, and affecting text. I highly recommend it. --Kwok Pui-lan, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

An honest and surpassingly beautiful vision of Christians embracing a more than-human world as their home. --Paul Waldau, Canisius College, author of The Specter of Speciesism

Edition details

• Publisher: Polebridge Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598150316
• ISBN 13: 9781598150315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210