2011年9月17日 星期六

Saving Creation: Nature And Faith In The Life Of Holmes Rolston Iii - Christopher J. Preston

saving creation: nature and faith in the life of holmes rolston iii - christopher j. preston
saving creation: nature and faith in the life of holmes rolston iii - christopher j. preston

Starred Review. Environmental ethicist Holmes Rolston III, grandfather of the global environmental movement, has spent his life reconciling scientific study with Judeo-Christian religious teachings. Rolston's former student Preston (Grounding Knowledge) synthesizes Rolston's writing, extensive interviews, and a deep knowledge of the history and influence of Rolston's work for a satisfying biography. As a seminary student at Richmond, Virginia's Davidson College, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Edinburgh, Preston began developing a contrary view of Protestant Reformed theology, rejecting predestination and emphasizing the concept of God's grace. He was forced out of his first pastoral assignment over his "modern" views on natural history; settling in Bristol, Virginia, with a more educated congregation, he returned whenever possible to the nature studies of his school years, preaching against the industrialization of Appalachia and the "dominion interpretation" of scripture: "Nature's real value was as something living and dynamic... in its ongoing creativity." After leaving his pastorate to study the philosophy of science, he made his academic breakthrough with his first professional paper, 1975's "Is There an Ecological Ethic?" This lively intellectual biography fully examines the biblical and academic traditions from which Rolston's philosophy developed, and the world-wide movement which developed from it.

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