The new holy wars: economic religion vs. environmental religion in contemporary America
Introduction: Economic and environmental religions -- The false God of economic salvation -- What is "economic theology"? -- Theologies of 9/11 -- How much is God worth? -- Sustainability, efficiency, and God -- All in the name of progress -- Environmental Calvinism -- Unoriginal sin -- Ca...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University Park, Pa.
Pennsylvania State Univ. Press
2010
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| In: | Jahr: 2010 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Religion
/ Wirtschaftstheorie
B USA / Wirtschaftsethik / Umweltethik / Christliche Ethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Wirtschaftsethik
B Environmentalism United States B Environmentalism (United States) B Theorie B Wirtschaftsphilosophie B Religion B Economics Religious aspects Christianity B Environmentalism Religious aspects Christianity B Economics United States B Economics (United States) |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Economic and environmental religions -- The false God of economic salvation -- What is "economic theology"? -- Theologies of 9/11 -- How much is God worth? -- Sustainability, efficiency, and God -- All in the name of progress -- Environmental Calvinism -- Unoriginal sin -- Calvinism minus God -- Environmental creationism -- Ecological science as a creation story -- Environmental creationism and Christian creationism -- Re-creating the creation -- Environmental colonialism : "saving" africa from Africans -- Environmentalism and libertarianism -- Frank Knight and economic Calvinism -- Libertarian environmentalism -- Conclusion: Religious challenges "Examines economics and environmentalism as competing public religions that derive from, and continue, a Christian worldview; argues that debates over global warming and other environmental issues are ultimately based on theological differences between their respective adherents"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0271035811 |