Judaism and Environmental Ethics

A Reader
Herausgeber: Yaffe, Martin D.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's extensive introduction analyzes and appraises the anthologized essays, each of which serves to deepen and enrich our understanding of current reflection on Judaism and environmental ethics. Brought together in one volume for the first time, the most important scholars in the field touch on diverse disciplines including deep ecology, political philosophy, and biblical hermeneutics. This ambitious book illustrates-precisely because of its interdisciplinary focus-how longstanding disagreements and controversies may spark further interchange among ecologists, Jews, and philosophers. Both accessible and thoroughly scholarly, this dialogue will benefit anyone interested in ethical and religious considerations of contemporary ecology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9780739101186
• ISBN-10: 0739101188
• Artikelnr.: 21306764

Autorenporträt

Martin D. Yaffe is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and a member of the Center for Environmental Philosophy at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Shylock and the Jewish Question (1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Historical Question Chapter 3 On
Classical Judaism and Environmental Crisis Chapter 4 The Hebrew View of
Nature Chapter 5 Concepts of Nature in the Hebrew Bible Chapter 6 The
Forestry of the Prophets Chapter 7 The Agricultural and Ecological
Symbolism of the Four Species of Sukkot Chapter 8 Judaism and the Practice
of Stewardship Chapter 9 Man and Nature in the Sabbatical Year Chapter 10
Commentary on the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1 Part 11 The Ethical Question
Chapter 12 Our Covenant with Stones: A Jewish Ecology of Earth Chapter 13
Created in the Image of God: Humanity and Divinity in an Age of
Environmentalism Chapter 14 Is Gaia Jewish? Finding a Framework for Radical
Ecology in Traditional Judaism Chapter 15 "One, Walking, and Studying...":
Nature vs. Torah Chapter 16 Bal Tashchit: A Jewish Environmental Precept
Chapter 17 Contemporary Problems in Ethics from a Jewish Perspective Part
18 The Philosophical Question Chapter 19 The Unnatural Jew Chapter 20
Comments on the Unnatural Jew Chapter 21 Some Thoughts on Nature and
Judaism Chapter 22 Judaism and the Sanctification of Nature Chapter 23
Judaism and Nature: Theological and Moral Issues to Consider while
Renegotiating a Jewish Relationship to the Natural World Chapter 24
Nature's Healing Power, the Holocaust, and the Environmental Crisis Chapter
25 Ethical Issues of Animal Welfare in Jewish Thought Chapter 26 Judaism
and Animal Experimentation Chapter 27 Vegetarianism and Judaism Chapter 28
Sanctified Eating: A Memorial of Creation