Sébastien Doane

Reading the Bible amid the Environmental Crisis (eBook, PDF)

Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Reading the Bible Amid the Environmental Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights to Ecological Hermeneutics ventures into the realms of love, loss, despair, and compassion, demonstrating the profound interconnectedness of ecology with every facet of human existence. Drawing from diverse disciplines such as trauma theory, affect theory, ethics, animal studies, posthumanism philosophy, and environmental humanities. Sébastien Doane intertwines biblical texts and theoretical frameworks to challenge traditional methodologies, presenting a fresh perspective on the ecological crisis of our time. This book argues for a vital role of biblical studies in addressing the ecological challenge, acknowledging the Bible's profound influence on Western cultures. Doane advocates for critical examination of anthropocentrism in biblical texts, exploring innovative ways to read the Bible in the Anthropocene.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216338475
• Artikelnr.: 74836503

Autorenporträt

Sébastien Doane is professor in biblical studies at Université Laval, Québec.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Witness of the Stone that Heard: An Ecological
Interpretation of Joshua 24
Chapter 2: Interconnected Mourning and Rejoicing: Joel 1-2 and
More-than-human Affect Theory
Chapter 3: Expanding the Realm of the Grievable with Jeremiah 4 and 12 as
Geo-trauma
Chapter 4: The Song of Songs as Multi-Species Rhizomatic Assemblage
Chapter 5: The Lamb That Therefore I Am: The Indistinction of the
Becoming-Disciple in the Gospel According to John
Chapter 6: Patient Farming (James 5:7-11) as Eschatological/Ecological
Posture
Conclusion
References