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1 Online-Ressource (ix, 323 pages)
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
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1589012682
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1589016122
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1589016114
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9781589012684
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9781589016125
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9781589016118
Inhalt:
Can religion make a positive contribution to preventing further destruction of biological diversity and ecosystems and threats to our earth? Jame Schaefer thinks that it can, and she examines the thought of Christian Church fathers and medieval theologians to reveal and retrieve insights that may speak to our current plight. By reconstructing the teachings of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and other classic thinkers to reflect our current scientific understanding of the world, Schaefer shows how to "green" the Catholic faith: to value the goodness of creation, to appreciate the beauty of
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Valuing the goodness of Creation -- Appreciating the beauty of Creation -- Reverencing the sacramental universe -- Respecting Creation's praise for God -- Cooperating within the integrity of Creation -- Acknowledging kinship and practicing companionship -- Using Creation with gratitude and restraint -- Living virtuously within the Earth community -- Loving Earth -- Modeling the human in an age of ecological degradation
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English
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ISBN 9781589012684
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ISBN 1589012682
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Schaefer, Jame Theological foundations for environmental ethics Washington, D.C : Georgetown University Press, ©2009
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