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Deep ecology is a ecosophy or branch of ecological philosophy that places such importance on species and ecosystems that it goes beyond most environmental schools of thought and views humankind as an integral part of nature. The result is a new system of environmental ethics that holds an uncompromising doctrine of biospheric egalitarianism as a core principle.
Deep ecology describes itself as "deep" because it is concerned with fundamental philosophical questions about the role of human life as one part of the ecosphere, rather than with a narrow view of ecology as a branch of biological science, and aims to avoid merely utilitarian environmentalism.
Edited by Laurel Kearns and Catherine Keller
"Deconstructive postmodernism does not appear to encourage intense
attention to the natural world, and for the most part we have expected
little leadership in ecological matters from those who follow it.
Perhaps the greatest importance of this book is that in signals a
change. The joining of deconstructive analysis of our heritage and the
love of our fellow creatures contributes richly to this collection.
Those of us who believe that of all the crises we humans face, the
ecological one is the most fundamental, can only rejoice at the infusion of new insight and energy into the call for a fundamental re-orientation of our psyches and our societies."
-John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Claremont School of Theology
"A wide ranging study of the environmental crisis from the perspective
of some of the most widely respected scholars of religion and the
environment. . .a central resource for myriad readers."
- Laura
Hobgood-Oster, Southwestern University
"A remarkable volume, given the current debate and eco-crisis." - Larry
Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary
"This wide-ranging set of essay on "ecospirit" is a timely gift to all
of us. As the crisis of climate change is finally being acknowledged, we must ready ourselves for major revisionary theological thought and
action. This volume provides help for the task, with its many and
profound insights on how we can and must re-think "spirit and the earth" for the unprecedented planetary agenda that faces us. " - Sallie McFague,
Vancouver School of Theology
"Leading figures from multiple disciplines, cutting-edge essays on
now-classic concerns, stimulating reflection on emerging issues,
creative struggle to integrate Continental trajectories and ecological
consciousness: Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth
advances this critical conversation. Timely and important." - William
Greenway, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
"Challenging, inspiring, and subversive." - David Barnhill, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
"Ecospirit inspires new converstaions and opens fresh avenues of
insight contributing to Creation's healing." - Norman Wirzba, Georgetown
College
"This book is a rare combination of intelligence and vision. Its essays deserve to be read-and reread-by scholars of religion,
environmentalists, students, and anyone who values the sacredness of the earth." - Roger S. Gottlieb, author of A Greener Faith: Religious
Environmentalism and our Planet's Future and A Spirituality of
Resistance; Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Ecospirit probes the possibility of a green shift radical enough to
affect the destructiveness of our material world." - Publishers Weekly
544 Pages
978-0-8232-2745-7, Cloth, $85.00
978-0-8232-2746-4, Paper, $32.00
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