Cosmology, ecology, and the energy of God / edited by Donna Bowman and Clayton Crockett.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bowman, Donna.

Crockett, Clayton, 1969-

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Interdisciplinary Conference on Theology and Energy (2009 : University of Central Arkansas and Hendrix College)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Nature.

Ecotheology--Congresses.

Ecotheology.

Power resources--Miscellanea--Congresses.

Power resources.

Cosmology--Congresses.

Cosmology.

Miscellanea.

Nature--Religious aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 201 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This book brings together process and postmodern theologians to reflect on the crucial topic of energy, asking: What are some of the connections between energy and theology? How do ideas about humanity and divinity interrelate with how we live our lives? Its contributors address energy in at least three distinct ways. First, in terms of physics, the discovery of dark energy in 1998 uncovered a mysterious force that seems to be driving the expansion of the universe. Here cosmology converges with theological reflection about the nature and origin of the universe. Second, the social and ecological contexts of energy use and the current energy crisis have theological implications insofar as they are caught up with ultimate human meanings and values. Finally, in more traditional theological terms of divine spiritual energy, we can ask how human conceptions of energy relate to divine energy in terms of creative power.

Contents:

Part I Engaging Physical Sciences

1 The Energy We Are: A Meditation in Seven Pulsations / Catherine Keller Keller, Catherine 11

2 The Fire Each Time: Dark Energy and the Breath of Creation / Mary-Jane Rubenstein Rubenstein, Mary-Jane 26

3 Solar Energy: Theophany and the Theopoetics of Light in Gregory of Nyssa / T. Wilson Dickinson Dickinson, T. Wilson 42

4 Beyond Heat: Energy for Life / Clayton Crockett Crockett, Clayton 59

5 Emergence, Energy, and Openness: A Viable Agnostic Theology / Whitney Bauman Bauman, Whitney 70

Part II engaging ecology and culture

6 Ecological Civilizations: Obstacles to, and Prospects for, Religiously Informed Sustainability Movements in a Post-American World / Jay Mcdaniel Mcdaniel, Jay 87

7 "One More Stitch": Relational Productivity and Creative Energy / Donna Bowman Bowman, Donna 106

8 Energy, Ecology, and Intensive Alliance: Bringing Earth Back to Heaven / Luke B. Higgins Higgins, Luke B. 121

9 "Go Big or Go Home": A Critique of the Western Concept of Energy/Power and a Theological Alternative / Oz Lorentzen Lorentzen, Oz 141

10 God Is Green; or, A New Theology of Indulgence / Jeffrey W. Robbins Robbins, Jeffrey W. 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

0823238962

9780823238958

0823238954

9780823238965

OCLC:

739914060

Publisher Number:

99946280257