The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian TheologyFortress Press, 1985 - 274 páginas The Travail of Nature shows that the theological tradition in the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long-forgotten, ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crisis and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find. This is why it is appropriate to speak of the ambiguous ecological promises of Christian theology. |
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... fact a categorical expression of the existential encounter with " the overwhelming mountain , " which we considered earlier . As such it embodies the opposing imaginative forces given with that image , the tension between the metaphor ...
... fact a categorical expression of the existential encounter with " the overwhelming mountain , " which we considered earlier . As such it embodies the opposing imaginative forces given with that image , the tension between the metaphor ...
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... fact , present us with an impoverished vision of nature . With Irenaeus and Origen the debate might center around the question about the merits of confessional theology over against philosophical theology and vice versa . It might be ...
... fact , present us with an impoverished vision of nature . With Irenaeus and Origen the debate might center around the question about the merits of confessional theology over against philosophical theology and vice versa . It might be ...
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... fact what it appears to be , a consummation of humankind . Bonaventure's thought , notwithstanding his intentions to the contrary , is thus formally simi- lar to Thomas's . For Bonaventure , in fact , there is no room for the world of ...
... fact what it appears to be , a consummation of humankind . Bonaventure's thought , notwithstanding his intentions to the contrary , is thus formally simi- lar to Thomas's . For Bonaventure , in fact , there is no room for the world of ...
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The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology | 8 |
The Metaphor | 23 |
Irenaeus and Origen | 31 |
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The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology H. Paul Santmire Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
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Alan of Lille alien ambiguity anthropocentric apocalyptic Aquinas Arthur Lovejoy Augustine Augustine's Barth biblical theology biophysical world blessing body Bonaventure Bultmann Calvin century Christian theology Christology church classical Christian thought Colossians context cosmic cosmos created creation history creation theology creative culture Dante divine doctrine dominant earth ecological motif ecological promise election eschatological eternal faith final Francis Francis's Genesis glory Gnostic God's Gospel of John heaven hierarchy human creature Ibid idea influence interpretation Irenaeus Israel Kant Karl Barth kind land Lord Luther material meaning metaphor of ascent metaphor of fecundity metaphor of migration metaphysical mountain Neoplatonic Old Testament Origen overflowing Paul reality redemption root metaphors self-consciously sense shaped soul spiritual motif Summa Theologica theme theologians theological tradition theology of nature things thinking Thomas Thomas's thought about nature tion trans transcendence ture universe vision whole creation Word world of nature Yahweh York