Celebrating Nature by Faith: Studies in Reformation Theology in an Era of Global Emergency - Hardcover

by H. Paul Santmire (Author)

Sometimes it is helpful to take one step backward, in order to take two steps forward. In this insightful volume, H. Paul Santmire draws on his long-standing and widely recognized engagement with ecological theology to propose that the traditions of the Protestant Reformation, rightly read, offer rich resources today for those who are struggling to move forward to respond theologically to the crisis of a planet in peril and thereby to celebrate nature by faith.

Author Biography

H. Paul Santmire has been a leader in the field of ecological theology for more than fifty years. His first book, Brother Earth (1970), is widely regarded as a pioneering classic. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, he is also the author of The Travail of Nature (1985), Nature Reborn (2000), Ritualizing Nature (2008), Before Nature (2014), and Behold the Lilies (Cascade, 2017).