List of books and articles about environmental ethics. Christian perspectives on environment, nature, and creation new york. Lynn whites thesis is that the main strands of judeochristian thinking had encouraged the overexploitation of nature by maintaining the superiority of humans over all other forms of life on earth, and by depicting all of nature as created for the use of humans. Leonardo boff, cry of the earth, cry of the poor maryknoll. Judeochristian tradition best basis for environmentalism.
A catholic environmental ethic can be situated among contemporary environmental ethics, specifically by examining catholic environmental ethics along the axes of anthropocentrism and nonanthropocentrism by looking at catholic social teaching, especially as it has been described by popes john paul ii. However, nashs book does contain one important shortcoming from a philosophic perspective. Environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy which reconstructs the. Although, on its face, the environmental movement seems to be about economics and politics, you have argued that, at root, it is a spiritual movement. Environmental ethics and christian theology willis j. Alan marshalls book the unity of nature, imperial college press. Environmental stewardship in the judeochristian tradition. Environmental ethics starts with human concerns for a quality. The book consists of three position papers, one each by the jewish, catholic, and protestant representatives. Christians and people with environmental ethics reframe christianity and environmental ethics. Global ethics in new dictionary of christian ethics and pastoral theology 1995 leicester. By classical accounts, ethics is people relating to people in justice and love. Schaefers book is engaging in its style, singularly useful as a compendium of western christian views on important environmental themes up to the late middle. Theological foundations for environmental ethics georgetown.
His thesis is in the main focus of debates in the 1970s. A sand county almanac and sketches here and there by aldo leopold, silent spring by rachel carson, environmental e. Ecologies of grace and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Sample essay on judeochristian and the environmental impact. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. Environmental ethics stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the. Describe the theology at the foundation of environmentalism. According to white, the judeochristian idea that humans are. Numerous environmental scholars andadvocateshave supported the notion that judeochristian ideologies are the main problem for undermining environmental ethics and justification of its exploitation.
The environmental ethics of naturalism and pantheism some people have blamed western cultures judeochristian heritage for the environmental crisis. The rights of nature is an important book of intellectual as well as activist history and should not go unread by anyone wishing to get a general overview of the various strands of environmental thought in western civilization. This book presents a fieldshaping introduction to christian environmental ethics that offers resources for renewing theology. Judeochristian is a term which is used to group christianity and judaism together, either in reference to christianitys derivation from judaism, both religions common use of the bible, or due to perceived parallels or commonalities and shared values between the two religions. The environmental movement, at its heart, is a nervous reaction to humankinds new relationship to the natural world that has developed over the past three hundred years. In this thin volume, the acton institute has assembled a superb group of scholars from the judeochristian tradition to speak their minds on what it means to be a steward of gods creation.
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