| The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age Contributor(s): Wirzba, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195333500 ISBN-13: 9780195333503 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $56.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Philosophy - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 231.765 |
| LCCN: 2011294580 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It has become a commonplace that Biblical religion bears a heavy share of responsibility for our past negligence towards the environment. In this provocative book, Norman Wirzba argues that the Biblical doctrine of creation actually holds the key to a true understanding of our place in the environment and our responsibility toward it. Wirzba contends that an adequate response to environmental destruction depends on a new formulation of ourselves as part of a larger whole, rather than as radically free individuals. Drawing on the work of biblical scholars, ecologists, agrarians, philosophers, theologians, and cultural critics, Wirzba presents a compelling vision of a new religious environmentalism. |