In the current ecological situation, it truly is principal that humans think again their position inside of nature and locate new, extra dependable and sustainable methods of dwelling. Assumptions in regards to the nature of God, the area, and the individual, form our considering and, for that reason, our performing. a few have charged that the Christian culture has been extra a obstacle than a aid simply because its theology of nature has unwittingly legitimated the exploitation of nature. This ebook takes the present feedback of Christian culture to center and invitations a reconsideration of the tricky components: its desacralization of nature; its preoccupation with the man or woman to the overlook of the remainder of nature; its dualisms and elevation of the religious over fabric truth, and its behavior of ignoring or resisting medical understandings of the normal world.

Anna Case-Winters argues that Christian culture has a extra plausible theology of nature to supply. She takes a glance at a few details in Christian culture that allows you to illustrate the indisputable difficulties and to discover the untapped chances. within the approach, she engages dialog companions which were sharply serious and especially insightful (feminist theology, approach concept, and the faith and technological know-how dialogue). The criticisms and insights of those companions support to form a suggestion for a reconstructed theology of nature that could extra successfully fund our fight for the destiny of the earth.