Ecological Hermeneutics Biblical, Historical and Theological Perspectives

, by Horrell, David G.; Hunt, Cherryl; Southgate, Christopher; Stavrakopoulou, Francesca

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Copyright: 8/1/2010

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Leading scholars reflect critically on the kinds of appeal to the Bible that have been made in environmental ethics and ecotheology.

Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Biblical Perspectives	p. 13
Introduction to Part I	p. 15
The Creation Stories: Their Ecological Potential and Problems	p. 21
Sacrifice In Leviticus: Eco-Friendly Ritual Or Unholy Waste?	p. 32
Reading the Prophets from an Environmental Perspective	p. 46
The Significance of the Wisdom Tradition in the Ecological Debate	p. 56
Reading the Synoptic Gospels Ecologically	p. 70
An Ecological Reading of Rom. 8.19-22: Possibilities and Hesitations	p. 83
Hellenistic Cosmology and the Letter to the Colossians: Towards an Ecological HerMeneutic	p. 94
Retrieving the Earth from the Conflagration 2 Peter 3.5-13 and the Environment	p. 108
Insights from the History of Interpretation	p. 121
Introduction to Part II	p. 123
In the Beginning: Irenaeus, Creation and the Environment	p. 127
Power and Dominion: Patristic Interpretations of Genesis I	p. 140
Thomas Aquinas: Reading the Idea of Dominion in the Light of the Doctrine of Creation	p. 154
Martin Luther, the Word of God and Nature: Reformation Hermeneutics in Context	p. 166
'Remaining Loyal to the Earth': Humanity, God's Other Creatures and the Bible in Karl Barth	p. 181
Hans Urs von Balthasar: Beginning with Beauty	p. 196
Between Creation and Transfiguration: The Environment in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition	p. 211
Jürgen Moltmann's Ecological Hermeneutics	p. 223
Contemporary Hermeneutical Possibilities	p. 241
Introduction to Part III	p. 243
Green Millennialism: American Evangelicals, Environmentalism and the Book of Revelation	p. 246
New Testament Eschatology and the Ecological Crisis in Theological and Ecclesial Perspective	p. 266
Keeping the Commandments: The Meaning of Sustainable Countryside	p. 283
What on Earth is an Ecological Hermeneutics? Some Broad Parameters	p. 295
Index of Biblical References	p. 315
Index of Names	p. 323
Index of Subjects	p. 32
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Ecological Hermeneutics Biblical, Historical and Theological Perspectives

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