Theology for Earth Community: A Field Guide

by Hessel, Dieter T.

• ISBN13: 9781592443109
• ISBN10: 1592443109
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers

Summary

This volume brings together original essays by both seasoned professionals and emerging scholars who examine state-of-the-art scholarship and pedagogy in ecologically-alert theology. Authors assess what various theologians have to offer, and draw implications for reshaping religious and environmental studies, as well as preparing the next generations of church leaders or pastoral workers. What needs to be done, these authors ask, to bring biblical studies, systematics, social ethics, practical theology, spiritual formation, and liturgy up to speed with eco-justice thought and action on environmental questions?

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction: Why This Field Guide?	p. 1
Four Voices for Earth Community Theology and Ethics
The Primordial Imperative	p. 2
Learning to Meet the Fourth Revolution	p. 3
Ecology in and of Theological Study	p. 5
Reconfiguring Theological Study	p. 7
Biblical Roots and Modern Interpretation	p. 21
Rethinking Traditional Approaches to Nature in the Bible	p. 23
Ecology and Biblical Studies	p. 31
Biblical Bases for Eco-justice Ethics	p. 45
Jewish Theology and the Environmental Crisis	p. 53
Systematic Theologies for Earth Community	p. 65
Reclaiming, Revisioning, Recreating in Theo-Ecological Discourse	p. 67
Ecological-Feminist Theology: Contributions and Challenges	p. 77
Postmodern "Nature," Feminism and Community	p. 93
Cosmology and Justice in Ecumenical Perspective	p. 103
Eco-Social Ethics	p. 111
Christian Ethics and the Environmental Challenge	p. 113
Population-Consumption Issues: The State of the Debate in Christian Ethics	p. 132
The Role of Religions in Forming an Environmental Ethics: New Challenge for Interreligious Dialogue	p. 143
Environmental Justice	p. 153
Environmental Justice: The Power of Making Connections	p. 155
Environmental Justice and Black Theology of Liberating Community	p. 165
EcoJustice and Justice: An American Indian Perspective	p. 176
Practical Disciplines	p. 187
Practical Theology Focused on Eco-Justice	p. 189
Where Were/Are the U.S. Churches in the Environmental Movement?	p. 199
Pedagogical Issues and Teaching Models for Eco-Justice	p. 208
The Praxis of Institutional Greening	p. 222
Spiritual Formation and Liturgical Reform	p. 237
Christian Spirituality: Mending the Web	p. 239
Eco-Justice Liturgics	p. 250
Epilogue	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 269
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