For many years, ecologists and the environmentalists who looked to
ecology for authority depicted a dichotomy between a pristine,
stable nature and disruptive human activity. Most contemporary
ecologists, however, conceive of nature as undergoing continual
change and find that "flux of nature" is a more accurate and
fruitful metaphor than "balance of nature." The contributors to
this volume address how this new paradigm fits into the broader
history of ecological science and the cultural history of the West
and, in particular, how environmental ethics and ecotheology should
respond to it. Their discussions ask us to reconsider the
intellectual foundations on which theories of human responsibility
to nature are built. The provisional answer that develops
throughout the book is to reintegrate scientific understanding of
nature and human values, two realms of thought severed by
intellectual and cultural forces during the last two centuries.
Religious reflection and practice point the way toward a new
humility in making the tough decisions and trade-offs that will
always characterize environmental management. Timely and
challenging, the essays suggest avenues toward a new framework for
interdisciplinary conversation among theologians, philosophers,
historians, and environmental ethicists. Contributors: David M.
Lodge, Christopher Hamlin, Elspeth Whitney, Mark Stoll, Eugene
Cittadino, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Stuart L. Pimm, Gary E. Belovsky,
Peter S. White, Patricia A. Fleming, John F. Haught, and Larry
Rasmussen.
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