World Christianity and Ecological Theologies
- 338 pages
- English
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World Christianity and Ecological Theologies
About this book
World Christianity and Ecological Theologies invites scholars in religious studies and theology from different continents and contexts to a North-South dialogue on environmental ethics, political ecology, and ecofeminism. Throughout the global pandemic, the connection between environmental rapacity, religion, and political interests has once again called scholarly attention to the important conversation on public religion and global environment-related issues. Acknowledging a deficit among scholars of World Christianity in addressing environmental concerns and the field's limited language for framing those concerns, this book aims to bring the fields of study of World Christianity, religion, and ecology into a sustained conversation, with the goal of expanding the theoretical horizons of these fields.
World Christianity and Ecological Theologies reiterates that all Christian theologies are contextual, as they shape and are shaped by specific historical and cultural circumstances. It aims at showcasing the ways in which the intersection of religion and ecology is approached by scholars in religious studies and theology in the Global South or by those in conversation with them in the Global North, pointing to what can be generated if these bodies of scholarship are engaged as dialogue partners to investigate new patterns of religious environmentalism.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- The World Christianity and Public Religion Series
- Introduction: World Christianity and Ecological Theologies
- Part 1: An Invitation to Dialogue on Christian Ecological Engagement
- 1. Ecology as the Capacity for Love
- 2. Interdependence, Christianity, and Environmental Crisis
- Part 2: A Roadmap for the Conversation
- 3. The North/South Divide in Contemporary Christian Ecotheology: South Africa as a Case Study
- 4. Mother Earth, Mother Africa: African Ecofeminist Voices
- 5. Seeking a Morally Viable Response to Climate Injustice: Informed by Voices from Its Underside
- 6. “For the Life of the World”: Insights from the Eco-Praxis and Ecotheology of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Part 3: Sampling Ecotheological Concerns in Distinct Contexts and Christian Traditions
- 7: In Solidarity with Mother Earth: African Christianity and the Love of God in the Context of a Degraded Earth
- 8: Human Uniqueness, Divine Interrelationality, and the Hope of Ecofeminist Theology
- 9. World Christianity and Ecology: Ecowomanism
- 10. Embracing Life and Cultivating Hope: The Ecological Dimension of Liberation Theology
- 11. Hearing the Words of Creatures: Contemplative Knowledge in the Orthodox Tradition
- Part 4: Earth-Keeping Approaches from the Global South
- 12. Native Religions and Hidden Moana Ecologies
- 13. Two Million Trees Planted: The Green Reformation and Ghana’s Church of Pentecost
- 14. An Asian Eco-Spirituality
- 15. Christianity in Abya Yala: Motherland, Sustainability, and Ecocide
- Bibliography
- Index