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OverviewReading the Bible Amid the Environmental Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics ventures into the realms of love, loss, despair, and compassion, demonstrating the profound interconnectedness of ecology with every facet of human existence. Drawing from diverse disciplines such as trauma theory, affect theory, ethics, animal studies, posthumanism philosophy, and environmental humanities. Sébastien Doane intertwines biblical texts and theoretical frameworks to challenge traditional methodologies, presenting a fresh perspective on the ecological crisis of our time. This book argues for a vital role of biblical studies in addressing the ecological challenge, acknowledging the Bible’s profound influence on Western cultures. Doane advocates for critical examination of anthropocentrism in biblical texts, exploring innovative ways to read the Bible in the Anthropocene. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sébastien DoanePublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781666909883ISBN 10: 1666909882 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 15 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsGround-breaking, thought-provoking, stirring, and magnificently well-read. This book gushes with life, connecting landscapes, living beings, and natural forces, with the divine enmeshed in Scripture. Doane explores concrete new ways of reading the Bible that may refresh and reroute our commitments in the midst of environmental disaster and denial of it. Pioneering inspirational work! --Rodolfo Felices Luna, Oblate School of Theology In this expertly-crafted volume, Sébastien Doane reads the Bible in light of the urgent ecological issues of our day. Exploring diverse texts from the Old and New Testaments, he offers interpretations which are innovative, thought-provoking, and compelling. He draws on wide-ranging theorists in accessible and creative ways, gently drawing his readers beyond traditional and stale interpretive practices into new ways of thinking and reading ecologically. Furthermore, Doane remains aware of the transformative power of reading and never neglects the imperative - in our time of climate crisis - to move from text to action. --Suzanna Millar, University of Edinburgh Ground-breaking, thought-provoking, stirring, and magnificently well-read. This book gushes with life, connecting landscapes, living beings, and natural forces, with the divine enmeshed in Scripture. Doane explores concrete new ways of reading the Bible that may refresh and reroute our commitments in the midst of environmental disaster and denial of it. Pioneering inspirational work! --Rodolfo Felices Luna, Oblate School of Theology Author InformationSébastien Doane is professor in biblical studies at Université Laval, Québec. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |