The greening of Protestant thought / Robert Booth Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Robert Booth, 1940- author.

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.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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 explores 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890869623

9780807861530

0807861537