The paradise of God : renewing religion in an ecological age / Norman Wirzba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wirzba, Norman

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation--Biblical teaching.

Creation.

Ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

xii, 240 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In this provocative book, Norman Wirzba argues that the doctrine of creation--as presented in the Bible and as developed through the centuries--actually holds the key to a true understanding of our place in the environment and our responsibility toward it. Wirzba contends that an adequate response to environmental destruction depends on a new formulation of ourselves as part of a larger whole, rather than as radically free individuals. Drawing on the work of biblical scholars, ecologists, agrarians, philosophers, theologians, and cultural critics, Wirzba develops a comprehensive worldview that grows out of the idea that the world is God's creation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0195157168

OCLC:

51053918