The Greening of Faith: God, the Environment, and the Good Life [Paperback]

John E. Carroll (Editor), Paul Brockelman (Editor), Mary Westfall (Editor), Bill McKibben (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 087451777X | ISBN-13: 978-0874517774 | Publication Date: January 15, 1997 | Edition: 1st

Interdisciplinary and interfaith essays exploring the religious and spiritual implications of human interaction with nature and the environment.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

"We have forgotten who we are/ We have alienated ourselves from the unfolding cosmos," begins a statement in this interdisciplinary, interfaith anthology. Collected essays demonstrate the importance of gaining a religious perspective on the ecological crisis now facing the world. Only this, says the environmental writer Bill McKibben in his foreword, provides an alternative to the "growthism" ethic of unchecked commercial expansion. The contributors?who include Jewish (Rabbi Everett Gendler), Christian (Calvin B. DeWitt), Buddhist (Stephanie Kaza), Native American (Twobears), and ecofeminist (Catherine Keller) North Americans?belie the image of organized religion as urging humankind to subdue and dominate the earth. Instead, they join their diverse voices to expound a common belief in the need to honor and care for the earth. Cry of the Environment: Rebuilding the Christian Creation Tradition (Bear & Co., 1984) comes immediately to mind as a comparable work. This book provides the informed lay reader with an array of viewpoints of religious and spiritual insights into current environmental problems.?John R. Leech, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

This collection of 14 essays is an accessible and insightful contribution to environmental ethics. Many of the contributors are already well known in environmental circles; all draw on interfaith and interdisciplinary sources; and all explore spiritual dimensions of human beings in nature. Essays in parts two and three draw explicitly on Jewish, Evangelical Christian, ecumenical Protestant, Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and Native American religious traditions to produce an undeniably interfaith conversation. There is an invitation at the beginning and the end of this collection to "get our bearings," to realize that we are "walking on holy ground." Readers who set out to do so will find a helpful resource here. Steve Schroeder --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: New Hampshire; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087451777X
• ISBN-13: 978-0874517774
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,983,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)