Theological and ethical perspectives on climate engineering : calming the storm / / edited by Forrest Clingerman and Kevin J. O'Brien

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.77
• Soggetto topico: Ecology - Religious aspects; Environmental geotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects; Environmental engineering - Moral and ethical aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): ClingermanForrest; O'BrienKevin J <1977-> (Kevin James)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Climate Engineering and Religion; 1 Playing God: Why Religion Belongs in the Climate Engineering Debate; 2 From the Garden of Eden to Eden's Gardener?-Experiences from Dialogues with Religious Groups on Climate Engineering and Possible Implications for Transdisciplinarity; II: Philosophical and Theological Responses to Climate Engineering; 3 The Temptations ofClimate Engineering; 4 Real Presence:Process Theological Perspectives on Geoengineering the Body of God; 5 Time's Arrow and Narratives of Climate Engineering ; 6 Rewriting Mortality: A Theological Critique of Geoengineering and De-ExtinctionIII: Religious Resourcesfor Moral Discernment; 7 Healing the Climate?Christian Ethics andMedical Models for Climate Engineering; 8 Stewards of Irony:Planetary Stewardship, ClimateEngineering, and Religious Ethics; 9 Ritual Responses to Climate Engineering; 10 "First Be Reconciled":The Priority of Repentance inthe Climate Engineering Debate; Appendix: Religion and Climate Engineering: Points of Consensus from Claremont; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Using the resources of theology and ethics to bring religion into the climate engineering debate, this book considers the moral questions raised by scientists, engineers, and philosophers while adding new questions and insights to the debate. Readers new to the discussion will be introduced in an engaging and thoughtful manner, while those who already work on this issue will wrestle with it in a new way.
• Titolo autorizzato: Theological and ethical perspectives on climate engineering
• ISBN: 1-4985-2359-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814670003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges