Augustine Amp the Environment

Informationen zum Autor By John Doody; Kim Paffenroth and Mark Smillie Klappentext This volume examines Augustine's writings and shows their importance for framing questions of human and divine nature, as both shape our concept of and relationship to the environment. These essays will further any discussion on Christianity and the environment. Zusammenfassung This volume examines Augustine's writings and shows their importance for framing questions of human and divine nature! as both shape our concept of and relationship to the environment. These essays will further any discussion on Christianity and the environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. "But Enough About Me": What Does Augustine's Confessions Have to Do with Facebook?2. Augustine and Ecology: St. Augustine's Reflections on Genesis and Human Care for Nature 3. The Moral Teachings of St. Augustine and the Roman Catholic Church Regarding the Environment: A Comparison4. Anthropocene as Empire: An Augustinian Anthropology for "Keeping the Wild"5. Interdependent and Vulnerable: Sustainability and Augustinian Theological Anthropology6. Saint Augustine on "Saving Both Men and Beasts"7. Toward an Augustinian Eco-theology 8. Saint Augustine: Patron Saint of the Environment?9. Augustine's Trinitarian Sacramental Sensibilities, Influence, and Significance for Our Imperiled Planet 10. Saint Augustine and the Goodness of Creation11. A Green Augustine: What Augustinian Theology Can Contribute to Ecotheology

Product details

• Authors: John Doody, Kim Paffenroth, Mark Smillie, Smillie Mark
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2016
• EAN: 9781498541909
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4190-9
• Series: Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation; Augustine in Conversation: Tra; Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Christianity, Politics & government, Political science & theory