Ecospirit - (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia) by Laurel Kearns & Catherine Keller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>We hope-- even as we often doubt-- that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species' self-destructive relation to its own materiality is growing. But so is the destruction. The needed practical interventions seem to require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on spiritual or religious intensity. Traditions of ecological theology and eco-religious praxis have been preparing the way for several decades, yet they have remained marginal to society, academy, and church. With a fresh, transdisciplinary approach, Ecospirit probes the possibility of a green shift radical enough to permeate the ancient roots of our sensibility and the social sources of our practice. Its authors undertake an elemental deconstruction of our theological habits of supernaturalism, our under-thought praxis, as well as our philosophical models of nature. But in this study deconstruction begins to turn upon itself, perplexed by its own earth-blind anthropocentrisms. The possibility of "econstruction" arises.The essays of Ecospirit transmute a paralyzing sense of emergency into the emergence of a moving language of the earth. Grounded in the complex ecosocial contexts in which all creatures become, a discourse for a genesis collective begins to take form. The essays pursue a thought-experiment in multi-leveled, multi-religious, multi-contextual ecospirituality. They embrace introductory exercises in ecotheology, conceptually rigorous engagements with the theological tradition and its philosophical underpinnings, and explorations of the ways that religious praxis can both harm and heal. The book ranges across theology, religious studies, philosophy, literary criticism, ethics, sociology, and cultural studies--all serving to explore<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>We hope--even as we doubt--that the environmental crisis can be controlled. Public awareness of our species' self-destructiveness as material beings in a material world is growing--but so is the destructiveness. The practical interventions needed for saving and restoring the earth will require a collective shift of such magnitude as to take on a spiritual and religious intensity. <p/>This transformation has in part already begun. Traditions of ecological theology and ecologically aware religious practice have been preparing the way for decades. Yet these traditions still remain marginal to society, academy, and church. <p/>With a fresh, transdisciplinary approach, Ecospirit probes the possibility of a green shift radical enough to permeate the ancient roots of our sensibility and the social sources of our practice. From new language for imagining the earth as a living ground to current constructions of nature in theology, science, and philosophy; from environmentalism's questioning of postmodern thought to a garden of green doctrines, rituals, and liturgies for contemporary religion, these original essays explore and expand our sense of how to proceed in the face of an ecological crisis that demands new thinking and acting. In the midst of planetary crisis, they activate<br>imagination, humor, ritual, and hope.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>. . . an inclusive affirmation of the need for and the commitment to change.-- "--ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment"<br><br><p>A remarkable volume, given the current debate and eco-crisis. OR <p/>Ecospirit is cutting-edge work for just the right moment! Every direction taken in this collection moves the discussion forward in re-theorizing nature, our place in it, and our critical practices. I strongly will use this volume at every opportunity.</p><b>-----Larry Rasmussen, <i>Union Theological Seminary</i></b><br><br>Ecospirit is best described as state-of-the-art in its field. All the essays in Ecospirit start at the cutting edge of the interdisciplinary responses to the ecological crisis and push critical questions about the effectiveness of contemporary scholarship and activism.-- "--Comptes rendus"<br><br>Essays that offer a theological perspective on the environment and its protection.-- "--The Chronicle of Higher Education"<br><br>The convenors and editors chose to focus on the relation between environmentalism and post-modernism, an increasingly important engagement for eco-theology.-- "--ESSSAT-News"<br><br>This wide-ranging volume embraces poetry, interfaith liturgies, ecological readings of biblical and theological texts, and philosophical analyses of our place in the natural world, all in the service of transforming our ecological attitudes and practices.-- "--The Christian Century"<br><br><p>This book is a rare combination of intelligence and vision. Its essays<br>deserve to be read--and reread--by scholars of religion, environmentalists, <br>students, and anyone who values the sacredness of the earth.</p><b>-----Roger S. Gottlieb, <i>author of A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and our Planet's Future and A Spirituality of Resistance; Worcester Polytechnic Institute</i></b><br><br>Challenging, inspiring, and subversive.<b>-----David Barnhill, <i>University of Wisconsin Oshkosh</i></b><br><br>Ecospirit inspires new converstaions and opens fresh avenues of insight contributing to Creation's healing.<b>-----Norman Wirzba, <i>Georgetown College</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br><strong>LAUREL KEARNS</strong> is Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion and Environmental Studies in the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion of Drew University. <p/><strong>CATHERINE KELLER</strong> is Professor of Constructive Theology in the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion at Drew University. She co-edited with Virginia Burrus the first volume of the <em>Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia, Toward a Theology of Eros: Transfiguring Passion at the Limits of</em><br><em>Discipline </em>(Fordham), and co-edited with Laurel Kearns its second volume, <em>Ecospirit: Philosophies and Religions for the Earth</em> (Fordham). Previous books include <em>Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming </em>and <em>On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process</em>.<br>
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