Research Catalog

Title

Nature and altering it / Allen Verhey.

Author

Verhey, Allen.

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2010.

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Details

Description

x, 150 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

In this penetrating book Allen Verhey deftly unpacks the underlying human narratives or "myths" through which Western culture perceives "nature," and he presents the biblical narrative as an alternative story that can help shape a very different ethos for "nature and altering it." Although Christian Scripture has often been accused of nurturing arrogance toward nature, Verhey looks at the Bible in a way that moves beyond those accusations and demonstrates the value of the Christian narrative for contemporary ecological ethics. Book jacket.

Subjects

• Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Nature > Religious aspects > Christianity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"Nature" : what is it? : sixteen senses and still counting -- "Every ethos implies a mythos" -- The problem of arrogance : reading Scripture regarding nature : a response to the accusation of Lynn White, Jr. -- An alternative mythos and ethos : revisiting the Christian story -- From narrative to practices, prophecy, wisdom, analysis, and policy -- Appendix A : a note on typologies for the relation of God and nature -- Appendix B : a note on typologies for the relation of nature and humanity.

ISBN

• 9780802865489 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0802865488 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010015111

OCLC

• 608296649
• SCSB-11795024

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library