Environment and Christian Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Michael Northcott is Professor of Ethics at Edinburgh University. He is an ordained Anglican Priest, a trustee of the Fair Trade organisation Traidcraft, Honorary Canon of Liverpool Cathedral and Fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology. He has been visiting professor at theClaremont School of Theology, Duke University, Flinders University, and the University of Malaya. Klappentext A new approach to environmental ethics from within the Christian tradition. Zusammenfassung This book is about the extent! origins and causes of the environmental crisis. Dr Northcott argues that Christianity has lost the biblical awareness of the inter-connectedness of all life. He shows how Christian theologians and believers might recover a more ecologically friendly belief system and life style. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Frogs, floods and famines; 2. The origins of the environmental crisis; 3. The turn to nature; 4. The flowering of ecotheology; 5. The order of creation; 6. Creation, redemption and natural law ethics; 7. Natural law and ecological society.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Northcott Michael S., Michael S Northcott, Michael S. Northcott, Michael S. (University of Edinburgh) Northcott
• Con la collaborazione di: Stephen R. L. Clark (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.09.1996
• EAN: 9780521576314
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57631-4
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia