Environmental ethics, ecological theology, and natural selection /
In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these enviro...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | Columbia series in science and religion.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these environmental ethicists continue to model their positions on romantic, pre-Darwinian concepts that disregard the predatory and cruelly competitive realities of the natural world. Examining the work of such influential thinkers as James Gustafson, Sallie McFague, Rosemary Radford Ruether, John Cobb, Peter. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 311 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231529495 023152949X |