Colossians: An Earth Bible Commentary – An Eco-Stoic Reading
‘Based on many years of research into ancient Stoicism, ecological hermeneutics, and the letter to the Colossians, this commentary offers a rich and compelling reading of the letter which is both scholarly and accessible. Vicky Balabanski shows the importance of Stoic ideas both to early Christian theology and to contemporary ecological reflection, and her eco-Stoic reading of Colossians shows how much this letter could contribute to the ecological reshaping of Christian theology and ethics. Her imaginative voicing of Nympha’s thoughts also adds a creative and reflective dimension to the commentary. Unlike existing commentaries, this work brings the letter’s theology – especially its Christology – into explicit dialogue with contemporary ecological questions, and thus provides rich resources for Christians in particular to address the most urgent global issue of our time.’
David G. Horrell, University of Exeter, UK
Creation as Sacrament: Reflections on Ecology and Spirituality
John Chryssavgis explores the sacred dimension of the natural environment, and the significance of creation in the rich theological history and spiritual classics of the Orthodox Church, through the lens of its unique ascetical, liturgical and mystical experie
Globalization & Global Fraternity
This elaborate exposition by Fr George Thannickal, contains wealth of knowledge on the reality of globalization, its concept, consequences as well as the context it creates. A wide range of experts in the field have been brought in by the author. Discussions on the fraternity centered on Fratelli Tutti provide preconditions for achieving global justice, peace, and oneness of humanity. The book challenges everyone, individuals, systems, and especially global governance, to take stock of anti-human trends of globalization, to globalize the benefits of globalization and to become proactive builders of global fraternity along the paths traced out by Pope Francis – Be a Good Samaritan in the globalized world! This book is a must read in the context of worldwide transformations, threats, and opportunities.
Dr Biju Michael, SDB
General Councilor of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Rome.
Globalization and Its Effects on Urban Ministry in the 21st Century
When we think about globalization with the eyes and heart of a sovereign mission God, we must recognize the vast opportunities before us as God is moving His people around the world, bringing the gospel with them in new and different ways. Globalization and Its Effects on Urban Ministry in the 21st Century is an attempt to broaden the views of individuals and institutions alike to what God is doing around the world and how He is accomplishing His purposes through globalization. The book is organized around the four overarching themes of globalization, reconciliation, church planting, and leadership development.
Goodness of the Creation
In an era where Climate Change poses an urgent crisis, this book emerges as a vital beacon for change. Dr. Mathew Koshy Punnackadu, an environmental scientist and passionate advocate for the Green Church Campaign, delves into the heart of our environmental challenges. Through his expertise, he presents a profound yet accessible exploration of the issues, enriched with compelling examples that demystify the complexities surrounding our planet’s health.
Dr. Punnackadu articulates the environmental crisis with eloquence and clarity, offering readers a vivid understanding of our planet’s dire situation. This work is an indispensable resource within the field of eco-theology, offering deep insights into the intersection of faith and environmental stewardship.
This book is more than a collection of insights—it’s a clarion call to action, urging us to become vigilant custodians of our fragile yet magnificent Creation. It serves as a book and a roadmap guiding us towards a more conscious and compassionate relationship with our planet.
Rev. Dr. Chilkuri Vasantha Rao
Principal, United Theological College, Bangalore
Hebrews: An Earth Bible Commentary – A City That Cannot Be Shaken
‘Not only does Jeffrey Lamp have a deep love and passionate knowledge of the words of Scripture, he also cares deeply for the plight of the earth. This commentary on the enigmatic letter to the Hebrews blends Lamp’s well of biblical insight with a passionate call to justice for the earth; wonderfully woven together, this is a tapestry which I highly recommend.’
A.J. SWOBODA, Northwest Christian University, USA; author of Subversive Sabbath
John: An Earth Bible Commentary – Supposing Him to Be the Gardener
‘The prose is rich and sensitive to the many instances in the Gospel referring to the natural world … a very good addition to a Johannine library, offering insights and references not usually considered.’
Australian Biblical Review
Psalms Book 2: An Earth Bible Commentary “As a Doe Groans”
‘Drawing from zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, and animal studies, as well as employing the best of Psalms scholarship, Arthur Walker-Jones offers a rich interdisciplinary study of Psalms 42-72. It is one of the most sophisticated yet engagingly written commentaries in the Earth Bible Commentary series to date. After reading Walker-Jones’s commentary, you will not read the Psalms the same way ever again.’
William P. Brown, Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary, USA
Ruth: An Earth Bible Commentary
‘Old Testament scholar Alice Sinnott certainly breathes new life into the Book of Ruth by identifying its significance for us who live in an environmentally-threatened world… Sinnott rightly concludes that an ecological reading of the Book of Ruth obliges us to question the relationship of human beings to Earth, to one another and to the wider Earth community.’
Susan Smith, Tui Motu Magazine. Issue 256
T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change
Hilda P. Koster (Anthology Editor), Ernst M. Conradie (Anthology Editor)
The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change entails a wide-ranging conversation between Christian theology and various other discourses on climate change. Given the far-reaching complicity of “North Atlantic Christianity” in anthropogenic climate change, the question is whether it can still collaborate with and contribute to ongoing mitigation and adaptation efforts. The main essays in this volume are written by leading scholars from within North Atlantic Christianity and addressed primarily to readers in the same context; these essays are critically engaged by respondents situated in other geographic regions, minority communities, non-Christian traditions, or non-theological disciplines.
Structured in seven main parts, the handbook explores: 1) the need for collaboration with disciplines outside of Christian theology to address climate change; 2) the need to find common moral ground for such collaboration; 3) the difficulties posed by collaborating with other Christian traditions from within; 4) the questions that emerge from such collaboration for understanding the story of God’s work; and 5) God’s identity and character; 6) the implications of such collaboration for ecclesial praxis; and 7) concluding reflections examining whether this volume does justice to issues of race, gender, class, other animals, religious diversity, geographical divides and carbon mitigation.
This rich ecumenical, cross-cultural conversation provides a comprehensive and in-depth engagement with the theological and moral challenges raised by anthropogenic climate change.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT
Environmental studies got a prime concern, in the wake of high level of environmental degradation and thus worldwide awareness towards conserving environment. Biotic and abiotic means today are struggling for their existence because of environmental degradation. Tremendous urbanization, industrialization, population growth and large-scale exploitation of natural resources, without framing and implementing any rational policy of conservation, have led the high level temporal and spatial changes in the environmental conditions – climate change, global warming and cooling in particular. Summers are too hot, winters are too cold, extreme floods and extreme droughts have put the constraints for the survival of living beings. Environmental hazards – natural and man-made – are more intensified and extreme.
Eco-friendly Ecclesia – A Theological Inquiry in the Context of Global Ecological Crisis
In the book, “Eco-Friendly Ecclesia”, Rev. Dr. C.R. Godwin is an astute observer of the modern condition. Covering topics ranging from the depletion of the ozone layer to globalization and poverty, the Reverend introduces us to the theological angle of some of the greatest challenges facing the world.
Ecological Insights of Jesus – A Missiological Reading
A Christological basis is sought by studying the significance of ecological images as found in the mission of Jesus, drawing implications for the missiological importance of ecology in Christian mission.
ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Towards Sustainable Development
Environmental issues are now central to the development debate in the twenty first century. These now relate to many political, social and economic problems. A complete knowledge of these issues is not only essential for policy makers and administrators but also for the common man. Realising the need, this has been included in the new syllabus of not only Civil Services but also at the state level examinations. The core topics covered in this book are Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Written in a clear and non-technical style, it covers major global issues such as deforestation, pollution, energy, climate change, global warming, food production, loss of biodiversity, waste management, sustainability etc.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
The United Nations Conference on ‘Environment and Development’ held in Rio de Janerio in 1992 and World Summit on ‘Sustainable Development’ held at Johannesburg in 2002 have drawn the attention of people around the globe to the deteriorating condition of our environment. It is clear that no citizen on the earth can afford to be ignorant of environmental issues, therefore, environmental study has become necessary for students. But, in India, adequate attention on environmental studies has not been given. Recognizing this, the Supreme Court of India directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to introduce a basic course on environment at every level in college education. Accordingly, the UGC has developed a core module syllabus in environmental studies for undergraduate course to be compulsorily implemented in all the universities/colleges of India.
GEOGRAPHY, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (2 Volume Set)
Edited by Robert W. Kates and Ian Burton
Gilbert F. White is the preeminent geographer of natural resources, hazards, and the human environment. During fifty years of professional work as civil servant, scientist, and educator, he authored numerous books and papers. This volume is the first collection of White’s work, spanning his interests and career from 1934 to 1984. Individual introductions by the editors place each selection in historical perspective and assay its significance. With the companion volume, Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White, White’s writings, and the work that he has inspired, are now readily accessible to all who share his concern for the stewardship of the earth.
GREEN SOCIAL WORK: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice
Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people’s well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people’s well-being, both locally and globally. This compelling new contribution confronts this topic head-on, examining environmental issues from a social work perspective. Lena Dominelli draws attention to the important voice of practitioners working on the ground in the aftermath of environmental disasters, whether these are caused by climate change, industrial accidents or human conflict. The author explores the concept of ‘green social work’ and its role in using environmental crises to address poverty and other forms of structural inequalities, to obtain more equitable allocations of limited natural resources and to tackle global socio-political forces that have a damaging impact upon the quality of life of poor and marginalized populations at local levels.
Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology and Resource Extraction
Editors
Christiana Z. Peppard and Andrea Vicini
RELIGIONS, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
The present work titled “Religions, Ecology, and Environment” is helpful to those who believe that their religion has relevance in moulding human minds and hearts regarding the question of our habitat, the living and the non-living. As Prof. Sullivan points out, we cannot ignore religion because religion explores the “essential wellsprings of human motivation and concern that shape the world as we know it. No understanding of the environment is adequate without a grasp of the religious life that constitutes the human societies which saturate the natural environment.
Acts: An Earth Bible Commentary – About Earth’s Children: An Ecological Listening to the Acts of the Apostles
‘In this wonderful book, Michael Trainor combines an intertextual approach to the Bible with sensitivity to Earth’s presence in both Acts and the everyday context of the contemporary reader, in order to discern God’s ecological intent to include the whole creation – and not just humankind – in the coming Kingdom. Attracted to the reality-transforming imagination of Jesus, the ultimate Earth’s Child, readers of today can also become Earth’s children, sharing their Master’s passion for God’s inclusive reign of justice and peace. Clearly written, convincingly argued, and thoroughly dialogical, Trainor offers us a gift that will be appreciated by all those interested in biblical interpretation and caring for God’s creation.’
Pavol Bargár, Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic author of Narrative, Myth, Transformation: Reflecting Theologically on Contemporary Culture
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