The Bible and the Environment: Towards a Critical Ecological Biblical Theology

by David G. Horrell

Book Overview

Environmental issues have in recent years come to the centre stage of political and ethical debate. This is a crucial topic to engage in this series. Moreover, there has long been the charge, classically formulated by Lynn White Jr, that the biblical and Christian tradition has legitimated and encouraged humanity's aggressive domination of nature to serve human interests. Biblical visions of the future, with destruction for the earth and rescue for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844657469
• ISBN13: 9781844657469
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"