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- catalog contributor b1676142.
- catalog created "c1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "c1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1985.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: The travail of nature -- The contemporary ecological critique of Christian theology -- The uncertain voice of contemporary Christian theology -- The need for historical study -- The ambiguous ecological promise of Christian theology -- 2. The approach: Discerning the roots of Classical Christian thought about nature -- Aids for the investigation: Metaphors and motifs -- The experience of the overwhelming mountain: The metaphors of ascent and fecundity -- The experience of the promising journey: The metaphor of migration to a good land -- Disjunction and conjunction: The three metaphors and the formation of the spiritual and ecological motifs -- 3. Historical beginnings: Irenaeus and Origen -- The challenge of Gnosticism: The message of an alien God and an evil earth -- Irenaeus: The dynamics of creation history and the affirmation of nature -- Origen's cultural environment: Alienation from nature in an age of anxiety -- Origen: The dynamics of the hierarchy of being and the degradation of nature -- 4. The flowering of the promise: Augustine -- Augustine's development: Beyond the legacy of the Manichees -- Augustine's mature thought: Creation history and the overflowing goodness of God -- 5. The heightening of the ambiguity: The renaissance of the twelfth century and the theology of Thomas Aquinas -- Alienation from nature in the early middle ages -- The rebirth of nature in the twelfth century -- The conceptual resolutions of Thomas Aquinas: The subordination of nature -- 6. The ascendancy of the ambiguity and an embodiment of the promise: Bonaventure, Dante, and Francis of Assisi -- The cosmic visions of Bonaventure and Dante: Nature as a ladder to heaven -- The life and significance of Francis of Assisi: The embrace of nature".
- catalog description "7. The liabilities of the ambiguity: Reformation theology and the modern secularization of nature -- Luther and Calvin: The anthropocentric dynamics of grace and the wonders of nature -- The reformation tradition and the modern secularization of nature -- 8. The triumph of personalism: Karl Barth and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- Karl Barth: The humanity of God -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: A personalistic universe -- Barth and Teilhard: The unspoken ecological promise -- 9. Retrospect and prospect: From classical Christian thought to the Bible: The ambiguous ecological promise of classical Christian thought: The history of the spiritual and ecological motifs -- Toward a new reading of the biblical theology of nature: Beyond the claims of the spiritual motif -- 10. A new option in biblical interpretation: An ecological reading of biblical theology -- Old Testament themes: The ecological motif -- New Testament themes: The ecological motif -- Ambiguity in the New Testament witness: The influence of the spiritual motif -- A question for interpreters: The travail of nature at the end of all things".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 274 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Travail of nature.".
- catalog identifier "0800618068 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Travail of nature.".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "c1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Fortress Press,".
- catalog relation "Travail of nature.".
- catalog subject "BT695.5 .S255 1985".
- catalog subject "Ecotheology.".
- catalog subject "Nature Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: The travail of nature -- The contemporary ecological critique of Christian theology -- The uncertain voice of contemporary Christian theology -- The need for historical study -- The ambiguous ecological promise of Christian theology -- 2. The approach: Discerning the roots of Classical Christian thought about nature -- Aids for the investigation: Metaphors and motifs -- The experience of the overwhelming mountain: The metaphors of ascent and fecundity -- The experience of the promising journey: The metaphor of migration to a good land -- Disjunction and conjunction: The three metaphors and the formation of the spiritual and ecological motifs -- 3. Historical beginnings: Irenaeus and Origen -- The challenge of Gnosticism: The message of an alien God and an evil earth -- Irenaeus: The dynamics of creation history and the affirmation of nature -- Origen's cultural environment: Alienation from nature in an age of anxiety -- Origen: The dynamics of the hierarchy of being and the degradation of nature -- 4. The flowering of the promise: Augustine -- Augustine's development: Beyond the legacy of the Manichees -- Augustine's mature thought: Creation history and the overflowing goodness of God -- 5. The heightening of the ambiguity: The renaissance of the twelfth century and the theology of Thomas Aquinas -- Alienation from nature in the early middle ages -- The rebirth of nature in the twelfth century -- The conceptual resolutions of Thomas Aquinas: The subordination of nature -- 6. The ascendancy of the ambiguity and an embodiment of the promise: Bonaventure, Dante, and Francis of Assisi -- The cosmic visions of Bonaventure and Dante: Nature as a ladder to heaven -- The life and significance of Francis of Assisi: The embrace of nature".
- catalog tableOfContents "7. The liabilities of the ambiguity: Reformation theology and the modern secularization of nature -- Luther and Calvin: The anthropocentric dynamics of grace and the wonders of nature -- The reformation tradition and the modern secularization of nature -- 8. The triumph of personalism: Karl Barth and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- Karl Barth: The humanity of God -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: A personalistic universe -- Barth and Teilhard: The unspoken ecological promise -- 9. Retrospect and prospect: From classical Christian thought to the Bible: The ambiguous ecological promise of classical Christian thought: The history of the spiritual and ecological motifs -- Toward a new reading of the biblical theology of nature: Beyond the claims of the spiritual motif -- 10. A new option in biblical interpretation: An ecological reading of biblical theology -- Old Testament themes: The ecological motif -- New Testament themes: The ecological motif -- Ambiguity in the New Testament witness: The influence of the spiritual motif -- A question for interpreters: The travail of nature at the end of all things".
- catalog title "The travail of nature : the ambiguous ecological promise of Christian theology / H. Paul Santmire.".
- catalog type "text".