Placing Nature on the Borders of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
The natural world has been "humanized": even areas thought to be wilderness bear the marks of human impact. But this human impact is not simply physical. At the emergence of the environmental movement, the focus was on human effects on "nature." More recently, however, the com...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Taylor and Francis
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Environment
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Collection of essays
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Print version: Clingerman, Forrest: Placing Nature on the Borders of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics. - London : Taylor and Francis,c2016. - 9781409481522 |
| Summary: | The natural world has been "humanized": even areas thought to be wilderness bear the marks of human impact. But this human impact is not simply physical. At the emergence of the environmental movement, the focus was on human effects on "nature." More recently, however, the complexity of the term "nature" has led to fruitful debates and the recognition of how human individuals and cultures interpret their environments. This book furthers the dialogue on religion, ethics, and the environment by exploring three interrelated concepts: to recreate, to replace, and to restore. Through interdisciplinary dialogue the authors illuminate certain unique dimensions at the crossroads between finding value, creating value, and reflecting on one's place in the world. Each of these terms has diverse religious, ethical, and scientific connotations. Each converges on the ways in which humans both think about and act upon their surroundings. And each radically questions the damaging conceptual divisions between nature and culture, human and environment, and scientific explanation and religious/ethical understanding. This book self-consciously reflects on the intersections of environmental philosophy, environmental theology, and religion and ecology, stressing the importance of how place interprets us and how we interpret place. In addition to its contribution to environmental philosophy, this work is a unique volume in its serious engagement with theology and religious studies on the issues of ecological restoration and the meaning of place Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 On the Spiritual Understanding of Nature -- Part 1: Restoring Place and Meaning -- 2 Restoration in Space and Place -- 3 Shame, Ritual and Beauty -- 4 Recreating [in] Eden: Ethical Issues in Restoration in Wilderness -- 5 Re-creation: Phenomenology and Guerrilla Gardening -- 6 Eschatology of Environmental Bliss in Romans 8:18â2 -- 7 Resurrecting Spirit: Dresdenâs Frauenkirche and the Bamiyan Buddhas -- 8 Chanting the Birds Home: Restoring the Spirit, Restoring the Land -- Part 2: Recreating Place, Reconnecting with Others -- 9 Reading Ourselves through the Land: Landscape Hermeneutics and Ethics of Place -- 10 Who am I, who are these People, and what is this Place? -- 11 Concern for Creation: A Religious Response to Ecological Conservation -- 12 Recreate, Relate, Decenter: Environmental Ethics and Domestic Animals -- 13 Replacing Animal Rights and Liberation Theories -- 14 Re-Placing the Doctrine of the Trinity -- 15 In the Beginning and in the End |
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| ISBN: | 1317080416 |