Ecospirit

Religions and Philosophies for the Earth

Laurel Kearns, Catherine Keller, Karen Baker-Fletcher , Whitney A. Bauman

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Fordham University Press
15 June 2007

Religious social & pastoral thought & activity; Conservation of the environment

Series: Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia

We hope-even as we doubt-that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species' self-destructiveness as material beings in a material world is growing-but so is the destructiveness. The practical interventions needed for saving and restoring the earth will require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on a spiritual and religious intensity.

This transformation has in part already begun. Traditions of ecological theology and ecologically aware religious practice have been preparing the way for decades. Yet these traditions still remain marginal to society, academy, and church.

With a fresh, transdisciplinary approach, Ecospirit probes the possibility of a green shift radical enough to permeate the ancient roots of our sensibility and the social sources of our practice. From new language for imagining the earth as a living ground to current constructions of nature in theology, science, and philosophy; from environmentalism's questioning of postmodern thought to a garden of green doctrines, rituals, and liturgies for contemporary religion, these original essays explore and expand our sense of how to proceed in the face of an ecological crisis that demands new thinking and acting. In the midst of planetary crisis, they activate

imagination, humor, ritual, and hope.

By: Karen Baker-Fletcher, Whitney A. Bauman, Sharon Betcher
Edited by: Laurel Kearns, Catherine Keller
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 989g
ISBN: 9780823227457
ISBN 10: 0823227456
Series: Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 15 June 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Catherine Keller is the George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology in the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion of Drew University. She practices theology as a relation between ancient hints of ultimacy and current matters of urgency. She is the author of numerous books, including most recently Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances.

Reviews for Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth

The convenors and editors chose to focus on the relation between environmentalism and post-modernism, an increasingly important engagement for eco-theology.