Christianity and ecology: seeking the well-being of earth and humans

Current thought on Christianity and ecology / D.T. Hessel, R.R. Ruether. I. Creator, Christ, and spirit in ecological perspective. Losing and finding creation in the Christian tradition / E.A. Johnson Response / G.D. Kaufman An ecological Christology : does Christianity have it? / S. McFague Response / K. Pui-lan The wounded spirit as the basis for hope in an age of radical ecology / M.I. Wallace Response : another view of the spirit's work / E. Rae The world of the icon and creation : an Orthodox perspective on ecology and pneumatology / J. Chryssavgis Ecofeminism : the challenge to theology / R.R. Ruether Response : ecofeminism and theology challenges, confrontations, and reconstructions / H. Eaton

II. Vision, vocation, and virtues for earth community. Christianity's role in the Earth Project / T. Berry The human vocation : origins and transformations in Christian traditions / T. Hiebert Christian ecological virtue ethics : transforming a tradition / L. van Wensveen Response : a constructive proposal / S. Bouma-Prediger No more sea : the lost chaos of the eschaton / C. Keller Response / M.A. Hinsdale River of life in God's new Jerusalem : an eschatological vision for earth's future / B.R. Rossing III. The universal and particular in ethics and spirituality. Seeking moral norms in nature : natural law and ecological responsibility / J.A. Nash Response / C.L.H. Traina The moral status of otherkind in Christian ethics / D. Cowdin Behemoth and Batrachians in the eye of God : responsibility to other kinds in biblical perspective / C.B. DeWitt Words beneath the water : logos, cosmos, and the spirit of place / D. Burton-Christie A Christian-Chinese version of ecotheology : goodness, beauty, and holiness in creation / P.K.H. Lee Response / H.Y. Kim Deep ecumenicity versus incommensurability : finding common ground on a common earth / P.F. Knitter

IV. Toward global security and sustainability. Scientific and religious perspectives on sustainablity / I.G. Barbour Population, consumption, ecology : the triple problematic / D.C. Maguire Response : the church should call not just prophets but environmental deacons / S.P. Bratton Incentives, consumption patterns, and population policies : a Christian ethical perspective / J.B. Martin-Schramm Climate change : ethics, justice, and sustainable community / D.G. Hallman Ecological security and policies of restraint / W.C. French Response / P. N. Williams Christianity, economics, and ecology / J.B. Cobb, Jr. V. Christian praxis for ecology and justice. Global eco-justice : the church's mission in urban society / L. Rasmussen Earthkeeping churches at the African grass roots / M.L. Daneel Response / M. Robra

Social transformation through environmental justice / V. Miller-Travis

Partnership for the environment among U.S. Christians : reports from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment / W. Somplatsky-Jarman, W.E. Grazer, S.L. LeQuire

The integrity of creation : challenges and opportunities for praxis / P.M. Mische

Eco-justice at the center of the church's mission / R.R. Reuther.