The greening of Protestant thought / Robert Booth Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Robert Booth, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Protestant churches--History of doctrines--20th century.

Human ecology.

Protestant churches--United States--Doctrines--History--20th century.

Protestant churches.

History.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Protestant churches--History of doctrines.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

United States--Church history--20th century.

United States.

Church history.

Physical Description:

viii, 242 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1995]

Summary:

The Greening of Protestant Thought traces the increasing influence of environmentalism on American Protestantism since the first Earth Day, which took place in 1970. Robert Booth Fowler explores the extent to which ecological concerns permeate Protestant thought and examines contemporary controversies within and between mainline and fundamentalist Protestantism over the Bible's teachings about the environment.

Fowler examines the historical roots of environmentalism in Protestant thought, including debates over God's relationship to nature and the significance of the current environmental crisis for the history of Christianity. Although he argues that mainline Protestantism is becoming increasingly "green," he also examines the theological basis for many fundamentalists' hostility toward the environmental movement. In addition, Fowler considers Protestantism's policy agendas for environmental change, as well as the impact on mainline Protestant thinking of modern eco-theologies, process and creation theologies, and ecofeminism.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Protestants Face the Environment 13

Chapter 2. The Bible as (Contested) Foundation 28

Chapter 3. Dissent and Protestant Fundamentalism 45

Chapter 4. The Argument over Christianity 58

Chapter 5. Stewardship 76

Chapter 6. Toward Eco-Theology 91

Chapter 7. Process Environmentalism 108

Chapter 8. The Ecofeminist Challenge 123

Chapter 9. The Protestant Environmentalist Agenda 141

Chapter 10. Politics and the Means to Change 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and indexes.

ISBN:

0807822051

0807845175

OCLC:

31754383