Kniha Caring for Creation Max Oelschlaeger

Caring for Creation

Ecumenical Approach to the Environmental Crisis

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
Odesíláme za 10-18 dnů
949
Many environmentalists believe that religion has been a major contributor to our ecological crisis,...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
1996
Stránek
296
EAN
9780300066456
ISBN
0300066457
Enbook ID
04572873
Hmotnost
463
Rozměry
159 x 241 x 22

Kompletní popis

Many environmentalists believe that religion has been a major contributor to our ecological crisis, for Judeo-Christians have been taught that they have dominion over the earth and so do not consider themselves part of a biotic community. In this book a philosopher of environmental ethics acknowledges that religion may contribute to environmental problems but argues that religion can also play an important role in solving these problems - that religion can provide an ethical context that will help people to become sensitive to the environment and to elect leaders who are genuinely responsive to the ecological crisis. Examining a broad range of Western religious traditions - from conservative Christianity and orthodox Judaism to Goddess feminism and nature religion - Max Oelschlager provides a sociolinguistic analysis of their creation stories and finds environmentally positive aspects in each of them. He asserts that religious discourse in the public arena can offer a way for such environmental issues as biodiversity, pollution, and population to be addressed outside the realm of special-interest politics. And he urges local churches to make "caring for creation" a theme for worship in their services; the majority of Americans, says Oelschlager, will discover an environmental ethic only through their religious faith.

Mohlo by vás zajímat

379
237
1 266
2 286

Elysium

John W Wohlfarth
477
2 114
442
1 149
486
1 071

Zákaznicí kteří koupili tuto knihu koupili také