Resources for an Ecological Spirituality
Arthur Walker-Jones
Fortress Press
Minneapolis
Resources for an Ecological Spirituality
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Unless noted otherwise, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cover Image: “Tree in the Desert,” © Claudia Dewald/iStockphoto
Cover design: Laurie Ingram
Book design: PerfecType, Nashville, Tenn.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Walker-Jones, Arthur.
The Green Psalter: resources for an ecological spirituality / Arthur Walker-Jones.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8006-6302-5 (alk. paper)
1. Bible. O.T. Psalms—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Ecotheology. I. Title.
BS1430.52.W33 2009
261.8’8—dc22
Chapter 1: “Like a Tree Planted”: Wisdom Psalms
“You Save Humans and Animals Alike”
Chapter 2: “God, My Rock”: Individual Laments
A Narrative Pattern in Laments
Chapter 3: Making Peace with Leviathan: Community Laments
Chapter 4: “The Lord, Maker of Heaven and Earth”: Creation and Its Importance
Creation Characteristic of Hymns
Chapter 5: “Food to the Hungry”: Hymns and Liberation
Chapter 6: “Let Earth Rejoice”: Ecojustice in Hymns
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About The Green Psalter: Resources for an Ecological SpiritualityConcern for the earth and biblical faith have had an uneasy relationship. Ecological theologians have often cited biblical themes of dominion or “mastery” over the land as contributing to our present environmental crisis. Walker-Jones explores important genres and metaphors in the Psalms for earth, the environment, and living things, while tracing their influence in contemporary culture, for example, in recent films. He shows that the Psalms, like the earth that is our home—can be dangerous but also provide wonderful resources for life. |
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