{"product_id":"earth-honoring-faith-religious-ethics-in-a-new-key-paperback","title":"Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry L. Rasmussen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThoughtful observers agree that the planetary crisis we now face-climate change; species extinction; the destruction of entire ecosystems; the urgent need for a more just economic-political order-is pushing human civilization to a radical turning point: change or perish. But precisely how to change remains an open question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEarth-honoring Faith\u003c\/em\u003e, Larry Rasmussen answers that question with a dramatically new way of thinking about human society, ethics, and the ongoing health of our planet. Rejecting the modern assumption that morality applies to human society alone, Rasmussen insists that we must derive a spiritual and ecological ethic that accounts for the well-being of all creation, as well as the primal elements upon which it depends: earth, air, fire, water, and sunlight. He argues that good science, necessary as it is, will not be enough to inspire fundamental change. We must draw on religious resources as well to make the difficult transition from an industrial-technological age obsessed with consumption to an ecological age that restores wise stewardship of all life. \u003cem\u003eEarth-honoring Faith \u003c\/em\u003eadvocates an alliance of spirituality and ecology, in which the material requirements for planetary life are reconciled with deep traditions of spirituality across religions, traditions that include mysticism, \u003cbr\u003esacramentalism, prophetic practices, asceticism, and the cultivation of wisdom. It is these shared spiritual practices that can produce a chorus of world faiths to counter the consumerism, utilitarianism, alienation, oppression, and folly that have pushed us to the brink. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with passionate commitment and deep insight, \u003cem\u003eEarth-honoring Faith\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that we must live in the present with the knowledge that the eyes of future generations will look back at us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry L. Rasmussen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary and winner of the 1997 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eDietrich Bonhoeffer: Reality and Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eEarth Habitat: New Dimensions of Church and Community in Creation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52714800677171,"sku":"9780190245740","price":111.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OUhROTdvN1crNWZTRWZ1T1BhV1cxZz09.webp?v=1763583767","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/earth-honoring-faith-religious-ethics-in-a-new-key-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}