Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration - Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Environment, Nature, and Creation

Informationen zum Autor Edited by John Chryssavgis, and Bruce V. Foltz, Preface by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Foreword by Bill McKibben Klappentext Can Orthodox Christianity offer unique spiritual resources especially suited to the environmental concerns of today? This book makes the case that yes, it can. In addition to being the first substantial and comprehensive collection of essays, in any language, to address environmental issues from the Orthodox point of view, this volume with contributions from the most highly influential theologians and philosophers in contemporary world Orthodoxy will engage a wide audience, in academic as well as popular circles--resonating not only with Orthodox audiences but with all those in search of a fresh approach to environmental theory and ethics that can bring the resources of ancient spirituality to bear on modern challenges. Zusammenfassung Makes the case that Orthodox Christianity offers unique spiritual resources especially suited to the environmental concerns of today

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• Authors: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Bartholomew (Ecumenical patriarch), BARTHOLOMEW ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH, John Foltz Chryssavgis, CHRYSSAVGIS JOHN EDT FOLTZ BR, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
• Assisted by: John Chryssavgis (Editor), Bruce V Foltz (Editor), Bruce V. Foltz (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2013
• EAN: 9780823251445
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5144-5
• No. of pages: 508
• Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought; Orthodox Christianity and Cont; Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought; Orthodox Christianity and Cont
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology