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The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology: Oxford Handbooks

Editat de Hilary Marlow, Mark Harris
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 iul 2022
Environmental issues are an ever-increasing focus of public discourse and have proved concerning to religious groups as well as society more widely. Among biblical scholars, criticism of the Judeo-Christian tradition for its part in the worsening crisis has led to a small but growing field of study on ecology and the Bible. This volume in the Oxford Handbook series makes a significant contribution to this burgeoning interest in ecological hermeneutics, incorporating the best of international scholarship on ecology and the Bible. The Handbook comprises 30 individual essays on a wide range of relevant topics by established and emerging scholars. Arranged in four sections, the volume begins with a historical overview before tackling some key methodological issues. The second, substantial, section comprises thirteen essays offering detailed exegesis from an ecological perspective of selected biblical books. This is followed by a section exploring broader thematic topics such as the Imago Dei and stewardship. Finally, the volume concludes with a number of essays on contemporary perspectives and applications, including political and ethical considerations.The editors Hilary Marlow and Mark Harris have drawn on their experience in Hebrew Bible and New Testament respectively to bring together a diverse and engaging collection of essays on a subject of immense relevance. Its accessible style, comprehensive scope, and range of material means that the volume is a valuable resource, not only to students and scholars of the Bible but also to religious leaders and practitioners.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780190606732
ISBN-10: 0190606738
Pagini: 494
Ilustrații: 4 b/w figures
Dimensiuni: 173 x 239 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Oxford Handbooks

Locul publicării:New York, United States

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In short, this volume provides an excellent overview of an emerging question in academic studies. Scriptures and sets the stage for deeper engagement with the most important issue of our era.
The essays in this edited volume consider White's catalyzing arguments while moving the conversation about the Bible and ecology forward in creative new ways. The volume coheres around a conviction that in the Bible and in today's world, healthy relations with the natural world are a precondition for thriving communities, and those relations can become tragically perverted, with disastrous and terrifying consequences.
Overall this is an excellent text for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates that provides a thorough exploration of the emerging field of ecological hermeneutics.
The reference lists after each essay will be helpful to those seeking to deepen their knowledge of any of the many topics this volume covers. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.
This excellent collection merits a place of privilege and honor in academic and theological libraries...Kudos and thanks to Oxford, Marlow and Harris, and their diverse, competent, insightful team for creating and bringing together such a beneficial, timely resource.
Marlow and Harris have edited an excellent resource for studying the Bible and ecology. The content reveals the diverse approaches that scholars use to explore ecological issues in the Bible...This work is an achievement and a contribution to scholarship.
In 1967, the historian Lynn White Jr.charged the Judeo-Christian tradition-fueled by what he saw as the Hebrew Bible's pervasive emphasis on dominion-with special responsibility for the environmental crisis. The essays in this edited volume consider White's catalyzing arguments while moving the conversation about the Bible and ecology forward in creative new ways. The volume coheres around a conviction that in the Bible and in today's world, healthy relations with the natural world are a precondition for thriving communities, and those relations can become tragically perverted, with disastrous and terrifying consequences. Each author reminds us that the Bible is a tremendous resource for those who aspire to more copacetic, reciprocal ways of living with the land, God, and one another.

Notă biografică

Hilary Marlow is Vice-Mistress, Graduate Tutor and Director of Studies at Girton College and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew. She is the author of Biblical Prophets and Contemporary Environmental Ethics (OUP, 2009) and numerous articles. Her research focuses on the intersection between the Hebrew Bible and contemporary environmental issues, including eco-critical and new materialist readings.Mark Harris is Professor of Natural Science and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. As a physicist working in a theological environment, he is interested in the complex ways that science and religion relate to each other. His research interests include the relationship between the physical sciences (especially physics) and theology and the impact of science on modern views of the Bible, especially in thinking on miracles and divine action.