Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology
Santmire's much-acclaimed The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse, and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. This new brief, but penetrating, look at Christian theological concepts of nature returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly pre-modern Christian themes and re-envision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis.

This revisionist work-"to revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise"-mines Christian cosmology (the Great Chain of Being), Christology, Creation, and Eucharist, so that the Christian "story" can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), re-experienced (spirituality), and re-enacted (ritual).

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Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology
Santmire's much-acclaimed The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse, and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. This new brief, but penetrating, look at Christian theological concepts of nature returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly pre-modern Christian themes and re-envision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis.

This revisionist work-"to revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise"-mines Christian cosmology (the Great Chain of Being), Christology, Creation, and Eucharist, so that the Christian "story" can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), re-experienced (spirituality), and re-enacted (ritual).

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Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology

Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology

by H. Paul Santmire
Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology
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Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology

Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology

by H. Paul Santmire

Overview

Santmire's much-acclaimed The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology documented the unfortunate legacy of many Christian theological notions in the use, abuse, and destruction of the natural world, along with its positive aspects. This new brief, but penetrating, look at Christian theological concepts of nature returns to the fray, this time to reclaim classic, mostly pre-modern Christian themes and re-envision them in light of the global environmental and cultural crisis.

This revisionist work-"to revise the classical Christian story in order to identify and to celebrate its ecological and cosmic promise"-mines Christian cosmology (the Great Chain of Being), Christology, Creation, and Eucharist, so that the Christian "story" can be then rediscovered (history), reshaped (theology), re-experienced (spirituality), and re-enacted (ritual).

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781451409253
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 06/28/2000
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 442 KB

About the Author

H. Paul Santmirehas been a leader in the field of ecological theology for more than forty years. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), he is the author of The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology(1985),Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology(2000), andRitualizing Nature: Renewing Christian Liturgy in a Time of Crisis (2008), all from Fortress Press.

Table of Contents

Preface

Revising the Classical Christian Story: The Theological Challenge before Us.

Reclaiming the Story Historically: Beyond the Ecological Critique.

Rediscovering the Story Biblically: Beyond Anthropocentric Interpretations.

Retelling the Story Narratively: Beyond Evolutionary Anthropocentrism.

Reenvisioning the Story Interpersonally: Beyond Anthropocentric Personalism

Reenacting the Story Ritually: Beyond the Milieu of the Gothic Spirit

Reexperiencing the Story Spiritually: Beyond the Ecology of Death.

Reliving the Story Ethically: A Personal Testament of Nature Reborn.

Notes

Index

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