Theological and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Engineering (eBook)

Calming the Storm

Forrest Clingerman, Kevin J. O'Brien (Herausgeber)

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2016
242 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498523592 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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The climate is changing as an unintended consequence of human industrialization and consumerism. Recently some scientists and engineers have suggested climate engineering-technological solutions that would intentionally change the climate to make it more hospitable. This approach focuses on large-scale technologies to alleviate the worst effects of anthropogenic climate change. This book considers the moral, philosophical, and religious questions raised by such proposals, bringing Christian theology and ethics into the conversation about climate engineering for the first time. The contributors have different views on whether climate engineering is morally acceptable and on what kinds of climate engineering are most promising and most dangerous, but all agree that religion has a vital role to play in the analysis and decisions called for on this vital issue.Calming the Storm presents diverse perspectives on some of the most vital questions raised by climate engineering: Who has the right to make decisions about such global technological efforts? What have we learned from the decisions that caused the climate to change that might shed light on efforts to reverse that change? What frameworks and metaphors are helpful in thinking about climate engineering, and which are counterproductive? What religious beliefs, practices, and rituals can help people to imagine and evaluate the prospect of engineering the climate?

Autor

Forrest Clingerman is associate professor of philosophy and religion at Ohio Northern University.Kevin J. O’Brien is associate professor of religion at Pacific Lutheran University.

Inhalt

IntroductionForrest Clingerman & Kevin J. O’BrienAcknowledgmentsPart I: Climate Engineering and ReligionChapter 1Playing God: Why Religion Belongs in the Climate Engineering DebateForrest Clingerman & Kevin J. O’BrienChapter 2From the Garden of Eden to Eden’s Gardener? Experiences from Dialogues with Religious Groups on Climate Engineering and Possible Implications for TransdisciplinarityThomas Bruhn, Stefan Schäfer, & Mark G. Lawrence Part II: Philosophical and Theological Responses to Climate Engineering Chapter 3 The Temptations of Climate EngineeringDane ScottChapter 4Real Presence: Process Theological Perspectives on Geoengineering the Body of God Marit TrelstadChapter 5Time’s Arrow and Narratives of Climate EngineeringForrest Clingerman Chapter 6Rewriting Mortality: A Theological Critique of Geoengineering and De-Extinction Stefan SkrimshirePart III: Religious Resources for Moral Discernment Chapter 7 Healing the Climate? Christian Ethics and Medical Models for Climate Engineering Laura M. HartmanChapter 8 Stewards of Irony: Planetary Stewardship, Climate Engineering, and Religious EthicsWillis JenkinsChapter 9Ritual Responses to Climate EngineeringSarah E. Fredericks Chapter 10 “First Be Reconciled”: The Priority of Repentance in the Climate Engineering DebateKevin J. O’Brien AppendixContributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.9.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges
• Co-Autor: Thomas Bruhn, Marit Trelstad, Forrest Clingerman, Sarah E. Fredericks, Laura M. Hartman, Willis Jenkins, Kevin J. O'Brien, Stefan Schafer, Dane Scott, Stefan Skrimshire
• Zusatzinfo: 5 Illustrations including: - 4 Black & White Illustrations; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Anthropocene • Christian Ethics • climate change • Climate Engineering • ecotheology • Environmental Ethics • Geoengineering
• ISBN-13: 9781498523592 / 9781498523592