Greening of Protestant Thought

Fowler, Robert Booth

ISBN 10: 0807845175 / ISBN 13: 9780807845172

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Greening of Protestant Thought
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807845175
• ISBN 13: 9780807845172
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The Greening of Protestant Thought traces the increasing influence of environmentalism on American Protestantism since the first Earth Day, which took place in 1970. Robert Booth Fowler explores the extent to which ecological concerns permeate Protestant thought and examines contemporary controversies within and between mainline and fundamentalist Protestantism over the Bible’s teachings about the environment. Fowler explores the historical roots of environmentalism in Protestant thought, including debates over God’s relationship to nature and the significance of the current environmental crisis for the history of Christianity. Although he argues that mainline Protestantism is becoming increasingly 'green,' he also examines the theological basis for many fundamentalists' hostility toward the environmental movement. In addition, Fowler considers Protestantism’s policy agendas for environmental change, as well as the impact on mainline Protestant thinking of modern eco-theologies, process and creation theologies, and ecofeminism.

About the Author

Robert Booth Fowler is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is author of several books, including Unconventional Partners: Religion and Liberal Culture in the United States.