Caring for creation : an ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis / Max Oelschlaeger.
Caring for creation : an ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis / Max Oelschlaeger.
Caring for creation : an ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis / Max Oelschlaeger.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994.
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T0380636
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 285 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Religion in the Context of Ecocrisis -- 2. Religion and the Politics of Environmentalism -- 3. The Sacred Canopy: Religion as Legitimating Narrative -- 4. Caring for Creation: The Spectrum of Belief -- 5. The Role of the Church -- 6. Redescribing Religious Narrative: The Significance of Sacred St...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
Examining a broad range of Western religious traditions - from conservative Christianity and orthodox Judaism to Goddess feminism and nature religion - Max Oelschlager 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...
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Caring for creation : an ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis / Max Oelschlaeger.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.
Transferred from N261.8362/2.
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c1994.
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T0380636
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74VKJoE7lWR3
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ISBN
0300058179
9780300058178 (alk. paper)
0300058179 (alk. paper)
9780300058178
DDC
261.8362
MMS ID
991022252479702626
