Title:
Nature and altering it / Allen Verhey.
Author:
Verhey, Allen.
Publication Information:
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2010.
Call Number:
BT695.5 .V45 2010
Abstract:
In this penetrating book Allen Verhey deftly unpacks the underlying human narratives or "myths" through which Western culture perceives "nature," and he presents the biblical narrative as an alternative story that can help shape a very different ethos for "nature and altering it." Although Christian Scripture has often been accused of nurturing arrogance toward nature, Verhey looks at the Bible in a way that moves beyond those accusations and demonstrates the value of the Christian narrative for contemporary ecological ethics. Book jacket.
ISBN:
9780802865489
Physical Description:
x, 150 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
"Nature" : what is it? : sixteen senses and still counting -- "Every ethos implies a mythos" -- The problem of arrogance : reading Scripture regarding nature : a response to the accusation of Lynn White, Jr. -- An alternative mythos and ethos : revisiting the Christian story -- From narrative to practices, prophecy, wisdom, analysis, and policy -- Appendix A : a note on typologies for the relation of God and nature -- Appendix B : a note on typologies for the relation of nature and humanity.
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