Ancient Christian Ecopoetics: Cosmologies, Saints, Things

by Virginia Burrus

In our age of ecological crisis, what insights--if any--can we expect to find by looking to our past? Perhaps, suggests Virginia Burrus, early Christianity might yield usable insights. Turning aside from the familiar specter of Christianity's human-centered theology of dominion, Burrus directs our attention to aspects of ancient Christian thought and practice that remain strange and alien. Drawn to excess and transgression, in search of transformation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812250796
• ISBN13: 9780812250794
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"