Caring for Creation

An Ecumenical Approach to the Environmental Crisis

By: Max Oelschlaeger

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Paperback | 1 April 1996 | Edition Number 1

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Many environmentalists believe that religion has been a major contributor to our ecological crisis, for Judeo-Christians have been taught that they have dominion over the earth and so do not consider themselves part of a biotic community. In this book a philosopher of environmental ethics acknowledges that religion may contribute to environmental problems but argues that religion can also play an important role in solving these problems--that religion can provide an ethical context that will help people to become sensitive to the environment and to elect leaders who are genuinely responsive to the ecological crisis.

Examining a broad range of Western religious traditions--from conservative Christianity and orthodox Judaism to Goddess feminism and nature religion--Max Oelschlaeger provides a sociolinguistic analysis of their creation stories and finds environmentally positive aspects in each of them. He asserts that religious discourse in the public arena can offer a way for such environmental issues as biodiversity, pollution, and population to be addressed outside the realm of special-interest politics. And he urges local churches to make "caring for creation" a theme for worship in their services; the majority of Americans, says Oelschlaeger, will discover an environmental ethic only through their religious faith.

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Conservation of The Environment Religion & Beliefs Christianity Ecumenism Religion Christian Institutions & Organisations Christian Social Thought & Activity Engineering & Technology Environmental Science

Christian Theology Miscellaneous Items Science Science in General

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Religion in the Context of Ecocrisis	p. 19
Religion and the Politics of Environmentalism	p. 52
The Sacred Canopy: Religion as Legitimating Narrative	p. 84
Caring for Creation: The Spectrum of Belief	p. 118
The Role of the Church	p. 184
Redescribing Religious Narrative: The Significance of Sacred Story	p. 216
Notes	p. 239
References	p. 255
Index	p. 274
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