{"product_id":"from-nature-to-creation-a-christian-vision-for-understanding-and-loving-our-world-paperback-1","title":"From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving Our World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorman Wirzba\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does Christianity change the way we view the natural world? In this addition to a critically acclaimed series, renowned theologian Norman Wirzba engages philosophers, environmentalists, and cultural critics to show how the modern concept of nature has been deeply problematic. He explains that understanding the world as creation rather than as nature or the environment makes possible an imagination shaped by practices of responsibility and gratitude, which can help bring healing to our lands and communities. By learning to give thanks for creation as God's gift of life, Christians bear witness to the divine love that is reconciling all things to God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a \"Best Theology Book of 2015,\" \u003ci\u003eEnglewood Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Best Example of Theology in Conversation with Urgent Contemporary Concerns\" for 2015, Hearts \u0026amp; Minds Bookstore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A winsome argument for reimagining the natural world as creation\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norman Wirzba writes with verve, alacrity, and theological sensitivity in laying out particular arguments for bringing back the importance of creation for a theological anthropology relevant to earth ethics. Wirzba is careful to trace the history of ideas and show us their philosophical underpinnings, while illuminating our current impoverished condition. He is persuasive in noting the cultural need for a movement away from the disorientation resulting from an 'eclipse of creation' toward an orientation that is rooted in a profound understanding of creatureliness. This book will be valuable not only for individuals but also in a variety of ecclesial as well as educational settings.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eCelia E. Deane-Drummond\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Notre Dame \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With insightful analysis and lucid prose Norman Wirzba offers a winsome argument for reimagining the natural world as creation--lovingly made, sustained, and redeemed by the triune God. \u003ci\u003eFrom Nature to Creation \u003c\/i\u003eexpertly traces how major trends in contemporary culture undermine the possibility of care for creation. Most importantly, this book compellingly demonstrates how we may love God and embrace our creatureliness in ways that are faithful and life-giving for all of God's creatures.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSteven Bouma-Prediger\u003c\/b\u003e, Hope College; author of \u003ci\u003eFor the Beauty of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this, his most important book yet, Norman Wirzba asks the simple question: What difference would it make if we thought of the earth not as \u003ci\u003enature\u003c\/i\u003e but as \u003ci\u003ecreation\u003c\/i\u003e? His answer--that 'this is the world in which God delights . . . the world we are called to love'--challenges everyone. Drawing with magisterial and eloquent scholarship on a vast range of sources across both Christian and secular thought, Wirzba calls us to attentiveness, to rootedness--and above all, to gratitude.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eLoren Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e, Regent College, Vancouver \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As commercialized nature and utilitarian thinking poison the planet and change the climate, what could be more important than 'creation' as the gracious way we live? No one is better than Wirzba in describing modernity's idolatrous and disastrous course and offering a Christian understanding of creation as the antidote.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eLarry Rasmussen\u003c\/b\u003e, Union Theological Seminary, New York City\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Wirzba\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Loyola University, Chicago) is Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Theology at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eMaking Peace with the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFood and Faith: A Theology of Eating\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiving the Sabbath\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42592024821856,"sku":"9780801095931","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/TkJmS3E2UVAvVXVGb1pneXdpZGh0Zz09.webp?v=1771412119","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/from-nature-to-creation-a-christian-vision-for-understanding-and-loving-our-world-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}