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Biblical prophets and contemporary environmental ethics
1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages) : illustrations
In the context of growing concern over climate change and other environmental pressures, 'Biblical Prophets and Contemporary Environmental Ethics' explores what an ecological reading of the biblical text can contribute to contemporary environmental ethics.
Creation in church history -- Nature versus history : an artifical divide? -- Ecological hermeneutics : meaning and method -- Who can but prophesy? : creation dialogue in the book of Amos -- The people do not know : covenantal failure in the book of Hosea -- The vineyard of the Lord of hosts : YHWH, the people and the land in Isaiah 1-39 -- The Old Testament prophets and environmental ethics : a dialogue.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Biblical prophets and contemporary environmental ethics : Re-Reading Amos, Hosea and First Isaiah