Open Theism and Environmental Responsibilities- A Promotion of Environmental Ethics

Theology is one of the hindrances to seeing ecojustice take place. Evaluationof the God/human/world relationship in Christian environmental ethics is necessarydue to difficulties regarding competition in nature and the traditionalconcept of God. Theological ethics of the environment are needed that arepractical compatible with science and that promote human responsibility.This book examines the problems of theodicy and theism coming fromtraditional Protestant Christianity that continue to prevent it from producingan intelligible environmental ethic. It analyzes the concept of God's self-limitationin openness theology and its pragmatic stress on experience. Withopenness theology the dynamic qualities of nature and God are adequatelyaccounted for providing a new vision and framework for future Christianenvironmental ethics. The book is addressed to Christian and Jewish ecotheologiansenvironmental philosophers Christian religious constituents thescientific community and researchers in environmental science environmentalstudies religious studies philosophy of religion intelligent designpragmatic philosophy environmental ethics and Kabbala.