Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration: Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Environment, Nature, and Creation Contributor(s): Chryssavgis, John (Editor), Foltz, Bruce V. (Editor), Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0823251446 ISBN-13: 9780823251445 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Religion | Christianity - Orthodox |
Dewey: 261.88 |
LCCN: 2013002532 |
Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.75 lbs) 508 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: Can Orthodox Christianity offer unique spiritual resources especially suited to the environmental concerns of today? This book makes the case that yes, it can. In addition to being the first substantial and comprehensive collection of essays, in any language, to address environmental issues from the Orthodox point of view, this volume with contributions from the most highly influential theologians and philosophers in contemporary world Orthodoxy will engage a wide audience, in academic as well as popular circles--resonating not only with Orthodox audiences but with all those in search of a fresh approach to environmental theory and ethics that can bring the resources of ancient spirituality to bear on modern challenges. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chryssavgis, John: - The REV. DR. JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Throne and a clergyman of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, where he serves as theological advisor in the office of Inter Orthodox and ecumenical relations. He is also theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental affairs. He studied in Athens and Oxford, as well as taught in Sydney and Boston. The author of numerous books and articles on Orthodox theology, spirituality, and ecology, he has edited three volumes containing the selected writings of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Fordham University Press, 2010-12) and co-edited the signature anthology on Orthodoxy and the environment, Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration: Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Environment, Nature, and Creation (Fordham). He lives in Harpswell, Maine.Foltz, Bruce V.: - Bruce Foltz is Professor of Philosophy at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Founding President of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy. He is the author of Inhabiting the Earth: Heidegger, Environmental Ethics, and the Metaphysics of Nature (Humanities Press) His all Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world's |