Posts Tagged "bk-earth"

Christian Faith and the Earth: Current Paths and Emerging Horizons in Ecotheology

Edited by Ernst M. Conradie, Sigurd Bergmann, Celia Deane-Drummond, & Denis Edwards Christianity has often been accused for being complicit in ecological destruction. In response, Christian ecotheology offers both a Christian critique of environmental destruction and an ecological critique of Christianity. It thus encourages an ecological reformation of the Christian tradition for the sake of the whole earth. This volume focuses...

Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key

By Larry L. Rasmussen Grand Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Book Awards. Thoughtful observers agree that the planetary crisis we now face-climate change; species extinction; the destruction of entire ecosystems; the urgent need for a more just economic-political order-is pushing human civilization to a radical turning point: change or perish. But precisely how to change remains an open question. In Earth-Honoring Faith, Larry Rasmussen...

Earth Revealing—Earth Healing Ecology and Christian Theology

Edited by Denis Edwards   The damage human beings are doing to the atmosphere, the seas, the rivers, the land, and the life- forms of the planet is extreme and deadly. It constitutes a crisis that demands all of humanity’s wisdom, ingenuity, and commitment. The whole human community needs to be involved in the response to this crisis—young and old, women and men, farmers, politicians, gardeners, teachers, planners, scientists,...

The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts

By Joe Rigney (Foreword by John Piper)   The world is full of good things. Ice-cold lemonade. The laughter of children. College football. Scrambled eggs and crispy bacon. But what happens to these earthly pleasures when Jesus shows up? Do the things of earth grow strangely dim? Or does he shine in all that’s fair? In this book, Joe Rigney offers a breath of fresh air to Christians who are burdened by false standards, impossible...

Finding God in the Singing River: Christianity, Spirit, Nature

By Mark I. Wallace   We live in an age of vast and rapid destruction of habitats and species. Yet Christianity holds great potential for healing this situation. Indeed, the Bible and Christian tradition are a treasure trove of rich images and stories about God as an “earthen” being who sustains the natural world with compassion and thereby models for humankind environmentally healthy ways of being. Mark Wallace’s...