Theology Creation and Environmental Ethics

<p>Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, 2009</p><p>This book argues that the Christian doctrine of <em>creatio ex nihilo</em> (creation out of nothing) sets up a support system for a "logic of domination" toward human and earth others. Conceptually inspired by the work of theologian Catherine Keller and feminist philosopher of the environment Val Plumwood, it follows a genealogical method in examining how the concept of creation out of nothing materializes in the world throughout different periods in the history of the Christian West. </p> <p>Acknowledgments</p><p>Introduction: Points of Departure </p><p>1. A Genealogy of the Christian Colonial Mindset: Ex Nihilo from Disputed Beginnings to Orthodox Origins </p><p>2. Ex Nihilo and the Origin of an Empire </p><p>3. Ex Nihilo, Erasure and "Discovery" </p><p>4. The Cogito, Ex Nihilo, and the Legacy of John Locke </p><p>5. The Creation Ex Nihilo of Terra Nullius Lands: Omnipotent Nations and the Logic of Global- Colonization </p><p>6. From Epistemologies of Domination to Grounded Thinking </p><p>7. Opening Words about God onto Creatio Continua </p><p>8. Creatio Continua ‘All The Way Down’: A Post-Colonial, Planetary Understanding of Continuing Creation </p><p>Conclusion: A Brief Thought After </p><p>Notes </p><p>Bibliography </p><p>Index </p>