Caring for Creation: An Ecumenical Approach to the Environmental Crisis
By Max Oelschlaeger.
Description
Many environmentalists believe that religion has been a major contributor to our ecological crisis, for Judeo-Christians have been taught that they have dominion over the earth and so do not consider themselves part of a biotic community. In this book a philosopher of environmental ethics acknowledges that religion may contribute to environmental problems but argues that religion can also play an important role in solving these problems - that religion can provide an ethical context that will help people to become sensitive to the environment and to elect leaders who are genuinely responsiv...
ISBN(s)
0300066457, 9780300066456
