The Bible and Ecology

The relationship between the Bible and ecology is complex, ambiguous, contested and contextual. The Bible stands accused of providing the justification for violence, manipulation, and exploitation perpetrated against the earth and its other-than-human communities. Conversely, the Bible can challenge anthropocentric attitudes and foster ecological justice. Thus, critical analysis of the Bible and contemporary social imaginaries regarding the environment is needed to better understand how this ancient text can function as a help or a hindrance in the context of ecological crisis.

This series brings an exciting shift in ecological analysis of biblical texts, expanding interpretive conversations to include interdisciplinary insights beyond those typically employed by biblical scholars. The injustice and exploitation that has resulted in the climate emergency intersects in multiple and complex ways with other crises - racism, gender violence, poverty, queerphobia, and capitalism - and must be addressed in light of these multiple crises of injustice. Thus, our series promotes interactions between biblical studies and other disciplines such as animal studies, philosophy, cultural studies, gender studies, theology, economics, sociology, decolonial/postcolonial studies, Indigenous studies, and natural sciences such as geology, climatology, archeology. Books published in this collection will include a strong focus on justice that encourages readers to move from text to action.

Prof Sébastien Doane ([email protected])

Dr Emily Colgan ([email protected])