Overview
Recent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as ""stewards of God's creation"" or champions of ""environmental justice"", church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In this text, supported and produced by the Mennonite Church, Calvin Redekop and his co-authors explain the unique environmental position of the Anabaptists. In rural Amish and Mennonite communities, the authors explain, the environment - especially the land - is considered part of the Kingdom that God will establish on Earth. Creation and human history are thus seen as completely interdependent.
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Author: Calvin Redekop (Professor Emeritus, Conrad Grebel College)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.397kg
ISBN: 9780801864230
ISBN 10: 0801864232
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 18 December 2000
Recommended Age: From 17
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<p>A rich and distinctive contribution to the growing literature on Christian eco-theology and environmental ethics.--Anna Peterson Worldviews
<p> In any discussion of the environment of environmental responsibility, few elements are quite as complex and contentious as the relationship of religious belief to activities affecting the environment. Thus, it is difficult to have a useful discussion of the nature of appropriate human action towards the natural world without taking into account the extent to which several widespread views on the environment are undisputedly motivated by religious belief. Here Creation and the Environment fills a useful niche. -- Carol Medlicott, Ethics, Place and the Environment
<p>A rich and distinctive contribution to the growing literature on Christian eco-theology and environmental ethics.--Anna Peterson Worldviews (01/01/0001)
Creation and the Environment is a helpful, valuable contribution to the growing corpus of writing on Christianity and the environment. -- Lytton John Musselman * Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith * In any discussion of the environment of environmental responsibility, few elements are quite as complex and contentious as the relationship of religious belief to activities affecting the environment. Thus, it is difficult to have a useful discussion of the nature of appropriate human action towards the natural world without taking into account the extent to which several widespread views on the environment are undisputedly motivated by religious belief. Here Creation and the Environment fills a useful niche. -- Carol Medlicott * Ethics, Place and the Environment * A revealing and multi-disciplinary examination of one particular Christian perspective on the topic... one is left understanding the way in which a faith commitment can have specific consequences for the practical working out of a creation-caring lifestyle. -- Randolph Haluza-DeLay * Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuse * A rich collection of essays on a sustainable world based on Anabaptist insights. Each of the essays is important and contributes to a basic theology of nature, stewardship, population, personal behavior, and public action. I can't recommend this book too highly. -- John A. Lapp * Provident Book Finder * A rich and distinctive contribution to the growing literature on Christian eco-theology and environmental ethics. -- Anna Peterson * Worldviews *
<p> Creation and the Environment is a helpful, valuable contribution to the growing corpus of writing on Christianity and the environment.--Lytton John Musselman Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Author Information
Calvin W. Redekop is a professor of sociology emeritus at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Ontario. His many books include The Old Colony Mennonites, Mennonite Society, Anabaptist-Mennonite Faith and Economics, and Mennonite Entrepreneurs, the last available from Johns Hopkins.
