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Earth-honoring Faith
Larry L. Rasmussen
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Description for Earth-honoring Faith
Larry L. Rasmussen offers a dramatic new way of thinking about human society, ethics, and the health of our planet. Rejecting the modern ethical assumption that morality applies to human society alone, Earth-honoring Faith argues that we must derive a system of ethics and morality that accounts for the wellbeing of all creation on Earth. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM1; HRAM3; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 760.
Larry L. Rasmussen offers a dramatic new way of thinking about human society, ethics, and the health of our planet. Rejecting the modern ethical assumption that morality applies to human society alone, Earth-honoring Faith argues that we must derive a system of ethics and morality that accounts for the wellbeing of all creation on Earth, as well as the primal elements upon which it depends: earth, air, fire, water, and sunlight. Rasmussen shows that religious resources are essential in the difficult transition from an industrial-technological age to an ecological one. He advocates an alliance of spirituality and ecology, ... Read more
Larry L. Rasmussen offers a dramatic new way of thinking about human society, ethics, and the health of our planet. Rejecting the modern ethical assumption that morality applies to human society alone, Earth-honoring Faith argues that we must derive a system of ethics and morality that accounts for the wellbeing of all creation on Earth, as well as the primal elements upon which it depends: earth, air, fire, water, and sunlight. Rasmussen shows that religious resources are essential in the difficult transition from an industrial-technological age to an ecological one. He advocates an alliance of spirituality and ecology, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199917006
SKU
V9780199917006
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About Larry L. Rasmussen
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary; winner of the 1997 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Reviews for Earth-honoring Faith
This is a breath-taking book in all kinds of ways. The author has achieved in these pages what is undoubtedly necessary for a global approach to environmental ethics, namely, one that deliberately uses and respects insights from other religious traditions.
Celia Deane-Drummond, Theology
Celia Deane-Drummond, Theology