Redeeming the Time (Paperback)

Stephen Bede Scharper

ISBN 10: 0826411355 / ISBN 13: 9780826411358

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 1998

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Paperback. "A thoughtful and interesting contribution to environmental theology literature." --Choice "Richly informative and provocative." --Review for Religious "Stephen Bede Scharper has added a significant new book to the growing collection of Christian ecotheological offerings.an admirable job of summarizing the main strands of Christian environmental theologies and highlighting the most valuable contributions of each.heartfelt.There is much to celebrate in this book!.presents a comprehensible and accessible guide to the major varieties of what Scharper calls 'Christian ecological theology.'.In this book he succeeds not just in coherently summarizing a number of the most important voices in ecotheology, but also in giving us a blueprint for the changed consciousness necessary to motivate a conversion from our destructive earth-damaging behavior to a more earth-friendly way of living." --Worldviews Examining environmental theology, this text looks at how Christianity has responded to the environmental crisis over three decades. Topics include: process theology, taking the philosophy of Whitehead and theologizing it; the cosmology of Thomas Berry; ecofeminism; and liberation theologians. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Redeeming the Time (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826411355
• ISBN 13: 9780826411358
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A thoughtful and interesting contribution to environmental theology literature. -Choice Richly informative and provocative. -Review for Religious "Stephen Bede Scharper has added a significant new book to the growing collection of Christian ecotheological offerings . . . . an admirable job of summarizing the main strands of Christian environmental theologies and highlighting the most valuable contributions of each . . . . heartfelt . . . There is much to celebrate in this book! . . . presents a comprehensible and accessible guide to the major varieties of what Scharper calls 'Christian ecological theology . . . . In this book he succeeds not just in coherently summarizing a number of the most important voices in ecotheology, but also in giving us a blueprint for the changed consciousness necessary to motivate a conversion from our destructive earth-damaging behavior to a more earth-friendly way of living. -Worldviews

About the Author

Stephen Bede Scharper is co-author, with his wife Hillary Cunningham, of The Green Bible.