God's Bounty?: The Churches and the Natural World (Studies in Church History, v. 46)

by Peter Clarke and Professor Tony Claydon

Peter Clarke (Editor), Tony Claydon (Editor), Alasdair Raffe, Alexandra M Walsham, Andrew Atherstone, Andrew Spicer, Brenda H. Bolton, Chris Clark, Conor Kostick, Elizabeth Tingle, Gesine Oppitz-Trotman, Jonathan Willis, Keith A. Francis, Mark Smith, Michael Bentley, Michael Gladwin, Olga Gusakova, Paul White, Peter Biller, Peter Manley Scott, Raymond Gillespie, Robert G. Ingram, Robert N Swanson, Sarah Foot, Sarah Parsons, Simon Ditchfield, Stanley Rosenberg, Suzy Knight, Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, Tamsin Rowe, and W. J. Sheils

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The tension between faith and reason has marked Christian approaches to nature, and theologians since Augustine have sought to resolve this. In the wake of the Scientific Revolution the challenges to religious explanations of theworld increased dramatically, notably with the emergence of Darwin's theory of evolution. Science has often put Christianity on the defensive but also provoked theological reflection, especially on human stewardship of nature as man's impact on the environment has become more apparent. Christianity has long sought to learn from nature as a 'book', full of examples to illustrate religious teaching and signs of divine and saintly interventions in human history. Some Christians have even tried to live in harmony with nature in utopian communities. This volume bears witness to lively scholarly debate on these and other aspects of its theme, and covers a wide chronological, geographicaland thematic range stretching from missionary encounters with the New Worlds of Australia and Latin America to popular and learned responses towards nature in early modern Italy and Hungary.

PETER CLARKE is Reader of Medieval History at Southampton University; TONY CLAYDON is Professor of Early Modern History at Bangor University.

CONTRIBUTORS: A. Atherstone, M. Bentley, P. Biller, B. Bolton, C. Clark, S. Ditchfield, S. Foot, K. A. Francis, R. Gillespie, M. Gladwin, O. Gusakova, Tadhg Ó Hannrachain, R. G. Ingram, S. Knight, C. Kostick, G. Oppitz-Trotman, S. Parsons, A. Raffe, S. P. Rosenberg, T. Rowe, P. M. Scott, B. Sheils, M. Smith, A. Spicer, R. N. Swanson, E. Tingle, A. Walsham, P. White, J. Willis
  • ISBN10 0954680960
  • ISBN13 9780954680961
  • Publish Date 15 April 2010
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 15 June 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Ecclesiastical History Society
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 486
  • Language English