The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195333503)

It has become a commonplace that Biblical religion bears a heavy share of responsibility for our past negligence towards the environment. In this provocative book, Norman Wirzba argues that the Biblical doctrine of creation actually holds the key to a true understanding of our place in the environment and our responsibility toward it. Wirzba contends that an adequate response to environmental destruction depends on a new formulation of ourselves as part of a larger whole, rather than as radically free individuals. Drawing on the work of biblical scholars, ecologists, agrarians, philosophers, theologians, and cultural critics, Wirzba presents a compelling vision of a new religious environmentalism.

Author: Norman Wirzba
ISBN-10: 0195333500
ISBN-13: 9780195333503
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/22/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d