The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment

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Alexander J. B. Hampton (University of Toronto) Douglas Hedley (University of Cambridge)

The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment

Alexander J. B. Hampton (University of Toronto), Douglas Hedley (University of Cambridge)

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Cambridge University Press
04 August 2022

Religious issues & debates; History of religion; Conservation of the environment

Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion

Christianity has understood the environment as a gift to nurture and steward, a book of divine revelation disclosing the divine mind, a wild garden in need of cultivation and betterment, and as a resource for the creation of a new Eden. This Cambridge Companion details how Christianity, one of the world's most important religions, has shaped one of the existential issues of our age, the environment. Engaging with contemporary issues, including gender, traditional knowledge, and enchantment, it brings together the work of international scholars on the subject of Christianity and the Environment from a diversity of fields. Together, their work offers a comprehensive guide to the complex relationship between Christianity and the environment that moves beyond disciplinary boundaries. To do this, the volume explains the key concepts concerning Christianity and the environment, outlines the historical development of this relationship from antiquity to the present, and explores important contemporary issues.

Edited by: Alexander J. B. Hampton (University of Toronto), Douglas Hedley (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 670g
ISBN: 9781108495011
ISBN 10: 110849501X
Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 04 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alexander J.B. Hampton is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, specialising in metaphysics, poetics and nature. His publications include Romanticism and the Re-Invention of Modern Religion (Cambridge 2019), and Christian Platonism: A History (ed.) (Cambridge, 2021). Douglas Hedley is Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Fellow of Clare College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author The Iconic Imagination and co-editor of Revisioning Cambridge Platonism.

Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment

'... a thorough and timely collection of papers ... The book makes a case for why Christianity has much to offer in addressing the matters of biodiversity loss, food security, and species extinction we face today.' Katarina Pejovic, readingreligion.org '... an important volume in this series that is of great contemporary significance. The global ecological and climatological crisis calls for a response from the world's major religious traditions, and as such, 'Christianity and the Environment' rises to that call.. ... The editors did an excellent job at selecting a diverse array of voices to appear in this edition while maintaining a constant thread that is germane to eco-theology from the Christian tradition throughout.' Lisanne Winslow, International Journal of Systematic Theology 'very varied and wide-ranging' Church Times '[A] compelling account of the history and philosophy of human relationships with nature in the Christian west. And, as such, it is an important contribution to the larger discussion.' Timothy A. Middleton, The Heythrop Journal