Ecological hermeneutics : biblical, historical and theological perspectives / edited by David G. Horrell ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horrell, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Environmental protection--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Environmental protection.

Human ecology--Biblical teaching.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, 2010.

Summary:

Ecological Hermeneutics reflects critically on the kinds of appeal to the Bible that have been made in environmental ethics and ecotheoloogy; engages with biblical texts with a view towards exploring their contribution to an ecological ethics; and explores the kind of hermeneutic necessary for such engagement to be fruitful for contemporary theology and ethics. Crucial to such broad reflection is the bringing together of a range of perspectives: biblical studies, historical theology, hermeneutics, and theological ethics. The thematic coherence of the book is provided by the running focus on the ways in which biblical texts have been, or might be, read. This is not a volume on ecotheology; but rather on ecological hermeneutics. Indeed, some essays may show where biblical texts, or particular approaches in the history of interpretation, represent anthropocentric or even anti-ecological moves. One of the overall aims of the book will be to suggest how, and why, an ecological hermeneutic might be developed, and the kinds of interpretive choices that are required in such a development.

Contents:

pt. I. Biblical perspectives. The creation stories : their ecological potential and problems / John W. Rogerson

Sacrifice in Leviticus : eco-friendly ritual or unholy waste? / Jonathan Morgan

Reading the prophets from an environmental perspective / John Barton

The significance of the Wisdom tradition in the ecological debate / Katharine J. Dell

Reading the synoptic gospels ecologically / Richard Bauckham

An ecological reading of Rom. 8.19-22 : possibilities and hesitations / Brendan Byrne

Hellenistic cosmology and the letter to the Colossians : towards an ecological hermeneutic / Vicky S. Balabanski

Retrieving the earth from the conflagration : 2 Peter 3.5-13 and the environment / Edward Adams

pt. II. Insights from the history of interpretation. In the beginning : Irenaeus, creation and the environment / Francis Watson

Power and dominion : patristic interpretations of Genesis I / Morwenna Ludlow

Thomas Aquinas : reading the idea of dominion in the light of the doctrine of creation / Mark Wynn

Martin Luther, the word of God and nature : Reformation hermeneutics in context / H. Paul Santmire

'Remaining loyal to the earth' : humanity, God's other creatures and the Bible in Karl Barth / Geoff Thompson

Hans Urs von Balthasar : beginning with beauty / David Moss

Between creation and transfiguration : the environment in the Eastern Orthodox tradition / Andrew Louth

Jürgen Moltmann's ecological hermeneutics / Jeremy Law

pt. III. Contemporary hermeneutical possibilities. Green millennialism : American evangelicals, environmentalism, and the book of Revelation / Harry O. Maier

New Testament eschatology and the ecological crisis in theological and ecclesial perspective / Stephen C. Barton

Keeping the commandments : the meaning of sustainable countryside / Tim Gorringe

What on earth is an ecological hermeneutics? : some broad parameters / Ernst M. Conradie.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612868160

9781282868168

1282868160

9780567266859

0567266850

OCLC:

676697112