Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith Perspectives from the Garden

by Gottfried, Robert R.

• ISBN13: 9780847680160
• ISBN10: 0847680169
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-06
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Environmentalists have turned to Eastern religion, Deep Ecology and Native American religion for alternatives to the Western view that humans should dominate nature. In Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith, Robert R. Gottfried persuasively demonstrates that the ancient Hebrew worldview, found in the Torah and the New Testament, is remarkably 'green.' Drawing on these insights from ancient Western thought and economic understanding of ecosystems and natural processess, Gottfried analyzes the prerequisites for maintaining or improving human welfare and ecological vitality in terms of land economics and management.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
On Gardens and Gardeners: The Significance of Relationships	p. 11
On Roots: The Nature of Nature	p. 29
Saving Creation	p. 47
Tilling the Garden: Creation and the Economy	p. 67
To Grasp or Not to Grasp: That Is the Question	p. 101
Garden Economics	p. 119
Further Reading	p. 151
Index	p. 159
About the Author	p. 167
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