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ISBN-13: 9780800663025
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
By Arthur Walker-Jones
Price: AUD $56.99
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Local release date: 30/04/2009
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 200 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Christian spirituality & religious experience [HRCS]

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Google Preview: Concern for the earth and biblical faith have had an uneasyrelationship: ecological theologians have often cited biblical themesof dominion or "mastery" over the land as contributing to our presentenvironmental crisis. Walker-Jones explores Psalm genres and importantmetaphors in the Psalms for earth, the environment, and living things,while tracing their influence in contemporary culture, for example inrecent films. He shows that the Psalms, like the earth that is ourhome - can be dangerous but also provide wonderful resources for life. 1. "Like a Tree Planted": Wisdom and Torah Psalms 2. "God, My Rock": Individual Laments 3. Making Peace with Leviathan: Community Laments 4. Creation and Its Importance 5. Hymns and Liberation 6. Let Earth Rejoice: Ecojustice in Hymns; Arthur Walker-Jones is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Winnipeg and co-chair of the Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies Section of the SBL. His writings include Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation (2003).; "Environmental issues are a lively concern for both church and society. Walker-Jones clearly and compellingly discerns that the book of Psalms is a rich resource for such reflection and action. Readers of this volume will see the psalms through a fresh lens and sing the psalms in a new key." -- Terence E Fretheim "elva B. Lovell Professor of Old Testament, Luther Seminary, St. Paul"; Google Preview content