Judaism and Ecology: Created World and Revealed WordHava Tirosh-Samuelson Jewish ecological discourse has shown that Judaism harbors deep concern for the well-being of the natural world. However, the movement has not articulated a Jewish theology of nature, nor has it submitted the sources of Judaism to a systematic, philosophical examination. This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature. The twenty-one contributors consider the Bible and rabbinic literature, examine the relationship between the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of revelation in the context of natural law, and wrestle with questions of nature and morality. They look at nature in the Jewish mystical tradition, and they face the challenges to Jewish environmental activism caused by the tension between the secular nature of the environmental discourse and Jewish religious commitments. |
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... religious world- views are primordial , all - encompassing , and unique . They are pri- mordial because they probe behind secondary appearances and stray thoughts to rivet human attention on realities of the first order : life at its ...
... religions of the world is new knowledge . As is the case for geology and astronomy , so too for religious studies : many new discoveries about the nature and function of religion are , in fact , clearer understandings of events and ...
... religious tradition , which cannot be easily condensed in these conferences or volumes . With respect to place , we need to signal the diverse cultural contexts in which these religions have developed . With regard to space , we ...
Contents
Preface | xi |
Introduction Judaism and the Natural World | xxxiii |
Constructive Jewish Theology of Nature | xxxix |
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