Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2001

Publisher

Theological Studies, Inc.

Source Publication

Theological Studies

Source ISSN

0040-5639

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1177/004056390106200102

Abstract

Categories used by contemporary environmental philosophers to explore esthetic appreciation for the beauty of the physical world have parallels in reflections by patristic and medieval theologians on the beauty of God's creation, A sampling of the theologians' notions yields a promising foundation for ecological ethics from a theistic perspective, especially when understood from their world view at the time the text was written, reformulated to reflect broad scientific findings about the world today, and worked creatively to identify norms for human behavior.

Comments

Published version. Theological Studies, Vol. 62, No. 1 (February 2001): 23-52. DOI. © 2001 Theological Studies, Inc. Used with permission.

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