MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101316515648
ISBN-139781316515648
eBay Product ID (ePID)17050377651
Product Key Features
Number of Pages300 Pages
Publication NameThis Sacred Life : Humanity in a Wounded World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
SubjectEthics, Christian Theology / Systematic
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion
AuthorNorman Wirzba
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2021-012523
Reviews'How can we live with hope in the midst of a deeply wounded world? In prose as lucid in style as it is illuminating in content, Norman Wirzba's This Sacred Life builds a patient, forceful, and elegant case that knowing where we are is crucial to understanding both who we are as human beings and how we are to live in ways that nourish our own being together with that of the world that sustains us. Drawing on biology, ecology, anthropology, economics, and psychology as well as theology to show how our lives are densely interwoven with the well-being of soil, air, and water, he provides an arresting vision of the gift such a rooted and entangled life can be.' Ian A. McFarland, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Theology, Candler School of Theology, and quondam Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal233.5
Table Of ContentPreface; Part I. Assessing Our Situation: 1. Facing the Anthropocene; 2. The Transhumanist Urge; Part II. Turning To Fundamentals: 3. Rooted Life; 4. A Meshwork World; Part III. This Sacred Life: 5. Why Sacred Anything?; 6. The Logic of Creation; 7. Creaturely Humanity; 8. Called to Creativity; Index.
SynopsisThis Sacred Life offers a deep philosophical and religious articulation of the meaning and purpose of human life in a world wounded by environmental degradation and social injustice. It recasts human identity and vocation in terms of the healing and repair of the world and its communities., In a time of climate change, environmental degradation, and social injustice, the question of the value and purpose of human life has become urgent. What are the grounds for hope in a wounded world? This Sacred Life gives a deep philosophical and religious articulation of humanity's identity and vocation by rooting people in a symbiotic, meshwork world that is saturated with sacred gifts. The benefits of artificial intelligence and genetic enhancement notwithstanding, Norman Wirzba shows how an account of humans as interdependent and vulnerable creatures orients people to be a creative, healing presence in a world punctuated by wounds. He argues that the commodification of places and creatures needs to be resisted so that all life can be cherished and celebrated. Humanity's fundamental vocation is to bear witness to God's love for creaturely life, and to commit to the construction of a hospitable and beautiful world.
LC Classification NumberBT696.W57 2021
