Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines by Deane-Drummond, Celia; Artinian-Kaiser, Rebecca;

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The threat of ecological collapse is increasingly becoming a reality for the world's populations, both human and nonhuman; addressing this global challenge requires enormous cultural creativity and demands a diversity of perspectives, especially from the humanities. Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines draws from a variety of academic disciplines and positions in order to explore the role and nature of environmental responsibility, especially where such themes intersect with religious or theological viewpoints.

Covering disciplines such as history, philosophy, literature, politics, peace studies, economics, women's studies, and the ecological sciences as well as systematic and moral theology, the contributors emphasize how these positions have begun to develop distinct perspectives on urgent ecological issues, as well as pointing toward specific practices at the local and international level. This volume provides a multidisciplinary point of departure for urgent conversations on environmental responsibility that resist simplistic solutions. Rather, the contributors highlight the complex nature of modern ecology, and suggest creative ways forward in the situation of an apparently intractable global problem.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollection.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.

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List of Contributors
Acknowledgments


Introduction, Celia Deane-Drummond and Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Prologue: 'Understanding the Science of Climate Change', Philip J. Sakimoto (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Part I. Culture
1. Ecotheology before Ecology and Environmentalism: Reclaiming the Missing Heritage of Natural Theology - Christopher Hamlin (University of Notre Dame, USA)

2. Thoreau's Woodchopper, Wordsworth's Leech-gatherer, and the Representation of ""Humble and Rustic Life"" - Alda Balthrop-Lewis (Australian Catholic University, Australia)

3. How Ecology Can Save the Life of Theology: A Philosophical Contribution to the Engagement of Ecology and Theology - David Kirchhoffer (Australian Catholic University, Australia)

4. Key Issues in Ecological Theology: Incarnation, Evolution, Communion - Denis Edwards (Australian Catholic University, Australia)

Part II. Social Science

5. Creation and Creativity - Mark Hayes (Durham University, UK)

6. ""No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth"": The Religion and Politics of Radical Environmentalism - Kyle William Beam (Independent Scholar, USA)

7. Strategic Peacebuilding and an ""Integral Ecology"" - Michael Yankoski (University of Notre Dame, USA)

8. Against the ""Unity"" of Babel: Liberation Theology and the Language of Sustainable Development - Daniel P. Castillo (Loyola University, USA)

Part III. Critique

9. The Environment, the Common Good, and Women's Participation - Lisa Sowle Cahill (Boston College, USA)

10. The Planetary Boundaries Framework and Food Production: A Radical Redefinition of Sustainable Development? - Johan De Tavernier (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Part IV. Practice

11. Restoration and Transformation: A Theological Engagement with Ecological Restoration - Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser (University of Notre Dame, USA)

12. Laudato Si' and Standing Rock: Water Justice and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge - Christiana Zenner (Fordham University, USA)

13. Eating Our Way into the Care of Our Common Home - Norman Wirzba (Duke University, USA)

Part V. New Directions

14. Law For and From the Natural World - Mary Ellen O'Connell with Marie-Claire Klassen (University of Notre Dame, USA)

15. In Defense of Biodiversity: Biodiversity in Ecology and Theology - Carmody Grey (Independent Scholar)

16. Evolution:A Theology of Niche Construction for the Twenty-First Century - Celia Deane-Drummond (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Bibliography
Index