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Greening Philosophy of Religion: Process, Ecology, and Ethics imagines ecological democracy as an ideal horizon for facing climate catastrophe, with a radical hope for realizing a more sustainable planetary economy that places a high value on food sovereignty, an ethic of trust, and inter-religious conversations.
List of contents
Foreword by John B. Cobb, Jr.
Introduction: What is the Scope of Greening Philosophy of Religion? by Jea Sophia Oh and John Quiring
Part I: Process Ecological Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 1: Gridlock and Depolarization in Philosophy of Religion and Political Ecology by John Quiring
Chapter 2: Trees of Life: Rhizomatic vs. Arboreal Ecotheosis by Roland Faber
Chapter 3: A Place for Ecological Democracy in Whitehead's Philosophy of Religious Entanglements by Sam Mickey
Part II: Concepts of Religion and Nature in Process Thought
Chapter 4: Charles Hartshorne, the New Atheism, and Dipolar Theism's Green Hue by Donald Wayne Viney
Chapter 5: Process Thought and Naturalism by Les Muray
Chapter 6: Transforming Axial Paradigms in Seizing an Ecological Civilization by Anand Veeraraj
Part III: Comparative Philosophies and Ecoaesthetic Process
Chapter 7: One Good Turn Serves Another: Comparative Philosophy as Companion to a 'Greening' of Philosophy of Religion by Robert Smid
Chapter 8: Ecoaesthetic Individuality: Some Confucian Reflections on a Deweyan Theme in Facing the Climate Catastrophe by Joseph E. Harroff
Part IV: Imagining Process Sustainable Ethics
Chapter 9: Imagining a Greener Social Union: Moving beyond Fear to an Ethic of Trust by Sheela Pawar
Chapter 10: A Process Ethic of Sustainable "Robbery": A Comparative Philosophy of Seeds by Jea Sophia Oh
About the author
Jea Sophia Oh is associate professor of philosophy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
John Quiring is an adjunct instructor in philosophy at Victor Valley College and program director at the Center for Process Studies.
