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008 930803t19941994ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 93023215
020 $a0300058179 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)28674199
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm28674199
035 $9AHW0370CU
035 $a(NNC)1441491
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050 00 $aBT695.5$b.O34 1994
082 00 $a261.8/362$220
100 1 $aOelschlager, Max.
245 10 $aCaring for creation :$ban ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis /$cMax Oelschlager.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9406
300 $ax, 285 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. 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 Story.
520 $aMany 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.
520 8 $aIn 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.
520 8 $aExamining 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 offer a way for such environmental issues as biodiversity, pollution, and population to be addressed outside the realm of special-interest politics.
520 8 $aAnd he urges local churches to make "caring for creation" a theme for worship in their services; the majority of Americans, says Oelschlager, will discover an environmental ethic only through their religious faith.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105868
650 0 $aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects$xJudaism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008122014
852 00 $bglx$hBT695.5$i.O34 1994