Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines - On Care for Our Common Home

The threat of ecological collapse is increasingly becoming a reality for the world''s populations, both human and nonhuman; addressing this global challenge requires enormous cultural creativity and demands a diversity of perspectives, especially from the humanities. Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines draws from a variety of academic disciplines and positions in order to explore the role and nature of environmental responsibility, especially where such themes intersect with religious or theological viewpoints.Covering disciplines such as history, philosophy, literature, politics, peace studies, economics, women''s studies, and the ecological sciences as well as systematic and moral theology, the contributors emphasize how these positions have begun to develop distinct perspectives on urgent ecological issues, as well as pointing toward specific practices at the local and international level. This volume provides a multidisciplinary point of departure for urgent conversations on environmental responsibility that resist simplistic solutions. Rather, the contributors highlight the complex nature of modern ecology, and suggest creative ways forward in the situation of an apparently intractable global problem. T ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollection.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.

About the author

Celia Deane-Drummond is Director of the Laudato Si' Research Institute and Senior Research Fellow in Theology, Campion Hall at University of Oxford, UK.
Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser is Center Manager, Center for Theology, Science and Human Flourishing at University of Notre Dame, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser, Celia Deane-Drummond
• Assisted by: Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser (Editor), Gavin D'Costa (Editor), Celia Deane-Drummond (Editor), Deane-Drummond Celia (Editor), Zoe Lehmann Imfeld (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780567672735
• ISBN: 978-0-567-67273-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Religion and the University; Religion and the University
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Religious issues & debates, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Religious issues and debates