1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Ecotheology

Edited By Matthew Eaton, Timothy Harvie Copyright 2027
522 Pages
by Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of Ecotheology offers a comprehensive, up-to-date reference work dedicated to Christian ecological theology. Addressing urgent questions about creation, climate crisis, and human responsibility toward Earth and its creatures, the volume maps the development, diversity, and future of ecotheology as a vital field within modern Christian thought. Featuring contributions... Read more

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Matthew Eaton and Timothy Harvie

PART 1

Ecotheological Genealogies

1 . The Hebrew Scriptures and Ecology

Amy Erikson

 2. Christian Scripture and Ecotheology

Vicky Balabanski

 3. Early Christianity and Ecotheology

Paul Allen

4. Medieval Christianity and Ecotheology

Dawn M. Nothwehr

PART II

Ecclesial and Regional Ecotheologies 

5. Catholic Ecotheology

Daniel P. Schied

6. Orthodox Ecotheology

Elizabeth Theokritoff 

7. Protestant Ecotheologies

Kiara Jorgenson

8. Evangelical and Pentecostal Ecotheologies

Daniela Rizzo

9. Ecotheology and the Global South

Anupama Ranawana

10. Asian Ecotheologies

Anthony Le Duc

11. Latin American Ecotheologies

Guillermo Kerber

12. Moana Ecotheologies

Tafatolu Tapaleao and Brian Fiu Kolia

13. Ecotheology and the Western Philosophical Tradition

Sam Mickey

PART III

Systematic and Philosophical Ecotheologies

14. Creator and Creation in Ecotheology

Eric Daryl Meyer

15. Ecotheology and Anthropocentrism

Willis Jenkins

16. Sin and Salvation in Ecotheology

Ernst M. Conradie

17. Ecotheology and Christology

Francis Agbokou

18. Eschatology and Ecotheology

Timothy Harvie

19. Ecofeminism and Ecotheology

Jea Sophia Oh

20. Science and Ecotheology

Lisa H. Sideris

PART IV

Public Ecotheologies

21. Christianity in the Anthropocene

Ryan LaMothe

22. Eco-Political Theology

Peter Manley Scott

23. Ecotheology, Colonialism, and Decolonialization

César “CJ” Baldelomar

24. Decolonizing Ecotheology with Indigenous Spiritualities

Jawanza Eric Clark

 25. Ecotheology and Economics

Joerg Rieger

 26. Ecotheology and Climate Migration

Emily Askew

27. Ecotheology and Climate Change

Hilda P. Koster

28. Ecotheology and Energy Systems

Marion Grau

29. Ecotheology and Food Systems

Matthew Eaton

30. Ecotheologies and Water

Christiana Zenner

31. Ecotheology and Animals

Allison Covey

32. Ecotheology and Extinction

Stefan Skrimshire

PART V

Ecotheology and Facing the Future 

33. Sacramental and Liturgical Ecotheologies

Lisa E. Dahill

34. Ecotheology and Education

Kimberly Carfore

35. Ecotheology and Trauma

Timothy A. Middleton

36. Christianity, Ecology, and Civic Engagement

Whitney A. Bauman

37. Ecotheology, Anxiety, and Grief

Panu Pihkala. 

Index

Biography

Matthew Eaton is Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. US.

Timothy Harvie is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at St. Mary’s University in Calgary, Canada.