Gaia and Climate Change - A Theology of Gift Events

Informationen zum Autor Anne Primavesi Klappentext James Lovelock's Gaia theory revolutionized the understanding of our place and role in the global environment. It is now accepted that our activities over the past two hundred years have contributed to and accelerated the extreme weather events associated with climate change. The fact that those activities materialized, for the most part, from within Western Christian communities makes it imperative to assess and to change their theological climate: one characterized by routine use of violent, imperialist images of God. Zusammenfassung James Lovelock's Gaia theory revolutionized the understanding of our place and role in the global environment. It is accepted that our activities over the past two hundred years have contributed to and accelerated the extreme weather events associated with climate change. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Context of Climate Change 2. The Seminal Event 3. The First Historic Event 4. The Second Historic Event 5. The Third Historic Event 6. The Givenness of Events 7. The Economy of Gift Events 8. Changing God's Image 9. The Gift Event of Jesus 10. The God of Jesus- or of Caesar? 11. What Jesus Said 12. Beginning Something New

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• Authors: Anne Primavesi, Anne (Westar Institute and Lokahi Found Primavesi, Anne (Westar Institute and Lokahi Foundation Primavesi, Primavesi Anne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2008
• EAN: 9780415471572
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47157-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity