Introduction
Maximus the Confessor once speculated that everything in all of creation is a "little word" from God, full of meaning and spoken with intentionality. Maybe even words that the angels get to say. Or perhaps sing. What if the hills and oak trees and gray foxes are lyrics to a song that the angels sing, and all these things take shape and grow and discover the world as that singing occurs?
Well, for one thing, that would challenge the ways that we relate to creation around us. Faith in the God of the Bible would entail a respect and a searching care for all these "little words" that God and the angels call into being. It would, in fact, challenge the things we think we know about creation, the things we do within it, and the way we are as participants in the life of the world: our knowing, our being, and our doing. For this reason, the seminary faculty is increasingly attending to the place of ecology within our theological curriculum. Where and how do ministers of the gospels hear these challenges today? What resources do we have to help us respond?
- Dr. Anthony D. Baker, Clinton S. Quin Professor of Systematic Theology at Seminary of the Southwest
eBooks
Christian Theology After Christendom: Engaging the Thought of Douglas John Hall by ISBN: 9781978706972Publication Date: 2020-11-24
An Ecological Theology of Liberation: Salvation and Political Ecology by ISBN: 9781626983212Publication Date: 2019-12-19
Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-honoring Faiths by ISBN: 9781626982017Publication Date: 2017-09-14
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality by ISBN: 9780195315851Publication Date: 2007-02-26
T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change by ISBN: 9780567675156Publication Date: 2019-12-12
Web Resources
"The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology is the largest international multireligious project of its kind. With its conferences, publications, and website it is engaged in exploring religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to broaden understanding of the complex nature of current environmental concerns."
Articles
Print Books
Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Call Number: BT695.5 .J63 2014ISBN: 9781472903730Publication Date: 2014-03-13
The Body of God: An Ecological Theology by Call Number: BT695.5 .M443 1993ISBN: 0800627350Publication Date: 2003-09-01
Ecotheology: Voices from South and North by Call Number: BT695.5 .E33 1994ISBN: 9782825411315Publication Date: 1994-01-01
A Faith Encompassing All Creation: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions About Christian Care for the Environment by Call Number: BT695.5 .F27 2014ISBN: 9781620326503Publication Date: 2014-09-12
The Gift of Being: A Theology of Creation by Call Number: BT695 .H32 2001ISBN: 9780814659410Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation by Call Number: BT695.5 .G43 1999ISBN: 9780800631833Publication Date: 1999-08-31
Planetary Solidarity: Global Women's Voices on Christian Doctrine and Climate Justice by Call Number: GE220 .P536 2017ISBN: 9781506408934Publication Date: 2017-09-01
A Political Theology of Climate Change by Call Number: QC981.8.G56 N675 2013ISBN: 9780802870988Publication Date: 2013-11-30
Renewal in the Wilderness: A Spiritual Guide to Connecting with God in the Natural World by Call Number: BL65.N35 L56 2007ISBN: 9781594732195Publication Date: 2007-05-01
The Sky Is Crying: Race, Class, and Natural Disaster by Call Number: HV553 .S55 2006ISBN: 9780687334735Publication Date: 2006-10-01
The Spirit of Hope: Theology for a World in Peril by Call Number: BT821.2 .M6 2019ISBN: 9780664266639Publication Date: 2019-11-26
Theology and Ecology Across the Disciplines: On Care for Our Common Home by ISBN: 9780567693945Publication Date: 2020-03-19
Toward an Eco-Spirituality by Call Number: BT695.5 .B6413 2015ISBN: 9780824520762Publication Date: 2015-12-16
