George B. Handley

Literature and Ecotheology

From Chaos to Cosmos

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Produktbeschreibung

This book challenges us in a time of climate crisis to find more common ground between the dual projects of ecocriticism and ecotheology. It will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers interested in ecotheology, religious studies, environmental literature, the environmental humanities, and environmental studies more broadly.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Environmental Humanities
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 160mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781032769011
• ISBN-10: 1032769017
• Artikelnr.: 70148313

Autorenporträt

George B. Handley is a Professor of Comparative Literature and the Director of Global Environmental Studies at Brigham Young University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Why Ecocriticism Needs to Get Religion 1. Literature and
Ecotheology 2. Literature as Ecotheology 3. Literature as Theodicy PART II:
Literary Theodicy in Four Contemporary Examples 4. The Duality of Cosmos in
Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 5. The Tale as Cosmos in Cormac
McCarthy's The Crossing 6. Imagination as Cosmos in Marilynne Robinson's
Housekeeping 7. Syncretism as Cosmos in David James Duncan's Sun House