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- catalog abstract "The ecological crisis faced by our planet may have the effect of transforming religious ideas. Religions were born and took their distinctive shapes by the need of people to find harmony in their internal and external worlds. In our day that harmony is being challenged by a breakdown in the relationship between human beings and their global environment. Do the religious views held by most believers today provide an adequate basis for interacting with nature? Theologian John Haught believes they do not. Nor, he says, do stereotyped religious attitudes about the natural world enable believers to dialogue with physical scientists, many of whom are nonbelievers. To make the dialogue work we need a common language about nature and how it works. Haught maintains that process language will not only assist the ecological dialogue but help to transform religion itself. Nature is "holy" not because it originated at the hand of a creator or because it transparently reveals God now. It is holy primarily because of its direction: it is promise. This "future dimension" of nature lets us deal intelligently with the present crisis without forsaking the mysterious power that nature has for us. -- Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b4583289.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction ---- 1. Ecology and cosmic purpose --- 2. Cosmic homessness --- 3. Religious and ecological integrity --- 4. Christianity and ecology --- 5. Ecology and human identity.".
- catalog description "The ecological crisis faced by our planet may have the effect of transforming religious ideas. Religions were born and took their distinctive shapes by the need of people to find harmony in their internal and external worlds. In our day that harmony is being challenged by a breakdown in the relationship between human beings and their global environment. Do the religious views held by most believers today provide an adequate basis for interacting with nature? Theologian John Haught believes they do not. Nor, he says, do stereotyped religious attitudes about the natural world enable believers to dialogue with physical scientists, many of whom are nonbelievers. To make the dialogue work we need a common language about nature and how it works. Haught maintains that process language will not only assist the ecological dialogue but help to transform religion itself. Nature is "holy" not because it originated at the hand of a creator or because it transparently reveals God now. It is holy primarily because of its direction: it is promise. This "future dimension" of nature lets us deal intelligently with the present crisis without forsaking the mysterious power that nature has for us. -- Back cover.".
- catalog extent "iii, 156 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Promise of nature.".
- catalog identifier "0809133962 (paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Promise of nature.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Paulist Press,".
- catalog relation "Promise of nature.".
- catalog subject "261.8/362 20".
- catalog subject "BT695.5 .H38 1993".
- catalog subject "Cosmology.".
- catalog subject "Human ecology Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog subject "Nature Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction ---- 1. Ecology and cosmic purpose --- 2. Cosmic homessness --- 3. Religious and ecological integrity --- 4. Christianity and ecology --- 5. Ecology and human identity.".
- catalog title "The promise of nature : ecology and cosmic purpose / John F. Haught.".
- catalog type "text".