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Informationen zum Autor John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and theological advisor to the “green patriarch” Bartholomew. He studied in Athens and Oxford, and taught in Sydney and Boston. He lives in Harpswell, Maine, USA. Nikolaos Asproulis is Deputy Director at the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Greece. Klappentext Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as "priests of creation" in addressing the current ecological crisis. Given the critical and urgent character of the global crisis and by adopting a clear line of argumentation, Zizioulas describes a vision based on a compassionate and incarnational conception of the human beings as liturgical beings, offering creation to God for the life of the world. He encourages the need for deeper interaction with modern science, from which theology stands to gain an appreciation of the interconnection of every aspect of materiality and life with humankind. The result is an articulate and promising vision that inspires a new ethos, or way of life, to overcome our alienation from the rest of creation. Zusammenfassung Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as “priests of creation” in addressing the current ecological crisis. Given the critical and urgent character of the global crisis and by adopting a clear line of argumentation, Zizioulas describes a vision based on a compassionate and incarnational conception of the human beings as liturgical beings, offering creation to God for the life of the world. He encourages the need for deeper interaction with modern science, from which theology stands to gain an appreciation of the interconnection of every aspect of materiality and life with humankind. The result is an articulate and promising vision that inspires a new ethos, or way of life, to overcome our alienation from the rest of creation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Archbishop Rowan WilliamsIntroductionToward an Ecological Ethos: Theological Principles and Philosophical Presuppositions, John Chryssavgis and Nikolaos AsproulisChapter 1: The Eucharistic Vision of the WorldChapter 2: Preserving God’s Creation: Historical and Theological PerspectivesChapter 3: Creation Theology: Patristic PerspectivesChapter 4: Priests of Creation Chapter 5: Laudato Si’: Ecumenical and Spiritual PerspectivesChapter 6: The Book of Revelation and the Natural EnvironmentChapter 7: Environment and Justice: A Theological ApproachChapter 8: Ecological Asceticism: a Cultural Revolution Chapter 9: Orthodoxy and the Ecological Crisis – A Theological ApproachChapter 10: Religion and Science – An Ethical ApproachChapter 11: Religion, Science, and the EnvironmentChapter 12: Ethics versus Ethos: An Orthodox Approach to the Relationship between Ecology and Ethics Chapter 13: Towards an Environmental EthicChapter 14: Proprietors or Priests of Creation?Chapter 15: Humanity and Nature: Learning from the IndigenousChapter 16: A Theological Approach to the Ecological Problem Chapter 17: Human Beings and Animals: Monastic and Artistic PerspectivesChapter 18: Communion and CommunicationChapter 19: St. Paul and the ecological problemConclusion: From Here to WhereBibliographyIndex...
