| Title: Earth Habitat: Eco-injustice and the Church's Response By: Dieter Hessel, Larry Rasmussen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 250 Vendor: Augsburg Fortress | Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches) Weight: 15 ounces ISBN: 0800632958 ISBN-13: 9780800632953 Stock No: WW632958 |
This single volume gathers theologians from around the world to address three pressing questions: How can Christianity and Christian churches rethink themselves and their roles in light of the endangered earth? What "earth-honoring" elements does justice-oriented Christianity have to contribute to the common good? And how can communities and churches respond creatively and constructively on a local level to these vast global forces?
This volume captures the chief themes and presentations from the October 1998 conference on social justice, ecology, and church entitled "Ecumenical Earth" and held at Union Theological Seminary. Among the 18 contributors to this trailblazing conference are Rasmussen and Hessel, James Cone, Kusumita Pedersen, Brigitte Kahl, Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, Steven Rockefeller, Havid Hallman, Ernst Conradie, Peggy Shepard, and Troy Messenger.Dieter T. Hessell is a social ethicist and educator who served for twenty-five years on the national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), most recently as Director of Social Witness Policy. Currently Dr. Hessel is a resident member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jesery.
Larry L. Rasmussen, a renowned Christian environmental ethicist, is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, emeritus, at Union Theological Seminary. He is the author of Earth Community, Earth Ethics; winner of the Grawemeyer Award; and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Christian Ethics. He has mentored a generation of scholars in eco-theology and green religion, rooted in practices of environmental justice within community contexts. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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