Caring for creation :
Oelschlaeger, Max.
Caring for creation : an ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis / Max Oelschlaeger. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994. - x, 285 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.
Religion in the Context of Ecocrisis -- Religion and the Politics of Environmentalism -- The Sacred Canopy: Religion as Legitimating Narrative -- Caring for Creation: The Spectrum of Belief -- The Role of the Church -- Redescribing Religious Narrative: The Significance of Sacred Story. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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.
0300058179 (alk. paper)
93023215
GB94-32641
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Christianity Related to Environment
BT695.5 / .O34 1994
261.8/362
Caring for creation : an ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis / Max Oelschlaeger. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994. - x, 285 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.
Religion in the Context of Ecocrisis -- Religion and the Politics of Environmentalism -- The Sacred Canopy: Religion as Legitimating Narrative -- Caring for Creation: The Spectrum of Belief -- The Role of the Church -- Redescribing Religious Narrative: The Significance of Sacred Story. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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.
0300058179 (alk. paper)
93023215
GB94-32641
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Christianity Related to Environment
BT695.5 / .O34 1994
261.8/362