The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment
Part of Cambridge Companions to Religion
- Editors:
- Alexander J. B. Hampton, University of Toronto
- Douglas Hedley, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: August 2022
- availability: Not yet published - available from April 2025
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108816823
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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.
Read more- Introduces the key concepts that have shaped the relationship between Christianity and the Environment
- Offers a history of the relationship between Christianity and the Environment, with each period treated by an expert in the field
- Engages with numerous key issues, such as gender, traditional knowledge, and enchantment
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'very varied and wide-ranging' Church Times
See more reviews'… 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
'[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
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- Date Published: August 2022
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108816823
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from April 2025
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Alexander J. B. Hampton
Part I. Concepts:
2. Naturalism, supernaturalism, and our concern for nature Fiona Ellis
3. From disenchantment to enchantment: Mind, nature, and the divine spirit Jörg Lauster
4. Human and nonhuman animals from secular and sacred perspectives Charles Taliaferro
5. Anthropocentrism, biocentrism, stewardship and co-creation Robin Attfield
6. Participation and nature in christian theology Andrew Davison
7. The Book of nature Jacob Holsinger Sherman
Part II. Histories:
8. Environmental perspectives in ancient greek philosophy and religion Crystal Addey
9. Medieval nature and the environment Kellie Robertson
10. Natural philosophy in early modernity Nathan Lyons
11. Protestantism, environmentalism, and limits to growth Mark Stoll
12. Romanticism, transcendentalism, and ecological thought Laura Dassow Walls
13. Contemporary religious ecology Sean J. McGrath
Part III. Engagements:
14. The sublime and wonder Emily Brady
15. Religious traditions and ecological knowledge Michael S. Northcott
16. Venerating earth: Three sacramental perspectives Jame Schaefer
17. Nature and aesthetics: Methexis, mimēsis and poiēsis Alexander J.B. Hampton
18. Sophia and the world Soul Douglas Hedley
19. Creation and gender: A theological appraisal Willemien Otten.
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