Nature, God and Humanity Envisioning an Ethics of Nature [Paperback]

This book offers a coherent theistic approach to environmental ethics.Nature, God and Humanity weaves together philosophical, scientific, religious and cultural considerations to show why non-human animals and nature in general are proper objects of moral concern and how our well-being depends on harmony with nature-as-created. This argument is unique in its comprehensiveness, its overt reliance on traditional forms of religious faith, and its account of how those holding conflicting ethics of nature can work together to end our current, foolish abuse of wild nature.Nature, God and Humanity weaves together philosophical, scientific, religious and cultural considerations to show why non-human animals and nature in general are proper objects of moral concern and how our well-being depends on harmony with nature-as-created. This argument is unique in its comprehensiveness, its overt reliance on traditional forms of religious faith, and its account of how those holding conflicting ethics of nature can work together to end our current, foolish abuse of wild nature.This study interweaves philosophical, scientific, religious and cultural factors to reveal why non-human animals and nature are objects of moral concern and how our well-being depends on harmony with nature as it was created. This argument is unique in its comprehensiveness, its overt reliance on traditional forms of religious faith, and its account of how those with conflicting ethics can work together to end the current, foolish abuse of nature.Introduction; Part I. The Ethics of Nature: 1. Moral concerns; 2. Humane holism; 3. Ecological wisdom; Part II. The Wild God: 4. Religious faith; 5. Theistic naturalism; Part III. The Body of Humanity: 6. Human nature and good; 7. The fellowship of creation. ...well-intentioned, wide-ranging... Roger S. Gottlieb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Journal of American Academy of Religion I believe this to be a great and important book. It presents the most comprehensivl“-