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4. Ecological Crisis, Environmentalism, and Christian Worldview

  • Armstrong, Susan & Richard Botzler. Environmental Ethics. New York: McGraw Hill, 1993.
  • Bauman, Whitney. Theology, Creation, and Environmental Ethics: From Creatio ex Nihilo to Terra Nullius. New York: Routledge, 2009.
  • Berry, R. J. Ecology and the Environment: The Mechanisms, Marring, and Maintenance of Nature. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton, 2011.
  • Berry, R. J., ed. Environmental Stewardship: Critical Perspectives, Past and Present. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2006.
  • Carroll, John, et al., editors. The Greening of Faith: God, the Environment, and the Good Life. Hannover, NH: University Press of New England, 1997.
  • Case-Winters, Anna. Reconstructing a Christian Theology of Nature: Down to Earth. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007.
  • Chapman, Audrey et al. Consumption, Population, and Sustainability: Perspectives from Science and Religion. Washington DC: Island Press, 2000.
  • Conroy, Donald, ed. Earth at Risk: An Environmental Dialogue Between Religion and Science. New York Humanity Books, 2000.
  • Coward, Harold & Daniel Maguire. Visions of a New Earth: Religious Perspectives on Population, Consumption, and Ecology.  Albany, NY: SUNY, 2000.
  • Deane-Drummond, Celia E. The Ethics of Nature. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
  • DeWitt, Calvin. Caring for Creation: Responsible Stewardship of God’s Handiwork. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1998.
  • Eldredge, Niles. Dominion. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997.
  • Fern, Richard L. Nature, God, and Humanity: Envisioning an Ethics of Nature. New York: Cambridge, 2002.
  • Gottlieb, Roger S. A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Gottlieb, Roger S., editor. This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. Revised edition. New York: Routledge, 2004.
  • Gudorf, Christine E. & James E. Huchingson. Boundaries: A Casebook in Environmental Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003.
  • Haffner, Paul. The Cross and the Rainforest: A Critique of Radical Green Spirituality. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996.
  • King, Carolyn M. Habitat of Grace: Biology, Christianity, and the Global Environmental Crisis. Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum, 2002.
  • Lodge, David M. & Christopher Hamlin, eds. Religion and the New Ecology: Environmental Responsibility in a World in Flux. Notre Dame, IL: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006.
  • Marshall, Peter. Nature’s Web: Rethinking Our Place on Earth. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996.
  • McFague, Sally. A New Climate for Theology: God, the World and Global Warming. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008.
  • Nash, James A. Loving Nature. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1991.
  • Nash, Roderick F. The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
  • Schaefer, Jame. Theological Foundations for Environmental Ethics: Reconstructing Patristic and Medieval Concepts. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009.
  • Sideris, Lisa H. Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.
  • Toolan, David. At Home in the Cosmos. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2001.
  • Wennberg, Robert N. God, Humans, and Animals: An Invitation to Enlarge our Moral Universe. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
  • Wilson, Edward O. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth. New York: Norton, 2006.

Contributed by: Dr. Randy Maddox

The Natural Sciences and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography

  I. Historical and Social Background of Contemporary Western Science
  II. Reflections on the Nature of Modern Science
     A. Expositions of Modern Scientific Method
     B. Introductions to the Philosophy of Science
     C. Debates over the Social Dimensions of Modern Science
  III. Popular Expositions of Contemporary Natural Science
     A. General and Survey Treatments
     B. Mathematics
     C. Particle Physics
     D. Chemistry
     E. Chaos & Complexity Theory
     F. Cosmology and Astrophysics
     G. Geology and Natural History
     H. Evolutionary Molecular Biology
     I. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology
     J. Neuroscience
     K. Environmental Science/Ecology
  IV. Historical Treatments of Interaction between Natural Science and Christianity in the West
  V. Contemporary Engagement of the Natural Sciences and Christian Theology
     A. Typological Surveys of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     B. Introductions to Current Science/Theology Engagement
     C. Survey Essay Collections of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     D. Important Journals for the Current Science/Theology Engagement
     E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists
     F. Representative Recent Engagements of Natural Science by Christian Theologians
        1. Broad Western Christian Engagements
        2. “Evangelical” Western Christian Engagements
        3. Eastern Orthodox  Engagements
        4. Consciously Revisionist Christian Engagements
           a. Moving toward a fully “Naturalist” Theology
           b. Moving toward a Universal “Mystical” Theology
     G. Select Topics in Current Natural Science / Christian Theology Dialogue
        1. The Status of Theology as a “Science”
        2. Mathematical Order of the Universe and the Divine
        3. Contemporary Physics and Divine Action / Providence
        4. Contemporary Evolutionary Biology and Divine Action / Providence
        5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
        6. The Creation/Evolution Controversy
           a. Detailed Bibliographies of the Controversy
           b. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on the Controversy
           c. Contemporary Anti-supernaturalist Darwinists
           d. Recent Critiques of Naturalistic Darwinism (esp. “Intelligent Design”)
           e. Scientific Counter-Critiques of Creationism
           f. Surveys of the Diversity in “Creationist” Views
           g. Representative Young-Earth Creationist Advocates
           h. Representative Progressive Creationists
           i. Representative Fully Gifted Creationists (or Theistic Evolutionists)
           j. Additional Exegetical and Theological Perspectives
        7. Cosmology and Eschatology
        8. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature
        9. Genetic Impact on Behavior and Human Responsibility
        10. Neuroscience and the Human Soul / Human Responsibility
     H. Engagement of Ethical Dimensions of Modern Science/Technology
       1. Survey Treatments
       2. Nuclear Energy and Weapons
       3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
       4. Ecological Crisis, Environmentalism, and Christian Worldview

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Dr. Randy Maddox

Prepared with support of the John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity (1999-2002)