Joranson, Philip N. and Ken Butigan, eds. Cry of the Environment: Rebuilding the Christian Creation Tradition. Santa Fe, NM: Bear & Co., 1984.

Abstract

Cry of the Environment is a book about vision: vision through the eyes of twenty-three noted scholars - theologians, scientists, teachers, ecologists, and artists - as to how and why Western civilization came to exploit and dominate the environment, rather than live in harmony with it, as do other traditional societies. Through the eyes of these scholars we can learn to revision creation consciousness in the modern-day world, so that we worship all living things - including human beings - as part of the same creation. Cry is the first complete theological study of the environmental crisis. Senior editor Philip N. Joranson researched these essays over a ten-year period as director of the Environment and Christian Creation Tradition Project. The resulting book is an invaluable, first-time resource for those interested in tracing the Judeo-Christian roots of our environmental crisis and finding new approaches, theoretical and practical, to environmental study.