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dc.contributor.advisorRamsay, Nancy J.
dc.contributor.authorRowley, Genny Cen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T18:49:04Z
dc.date.available2014-07-22T18:49:04Z
dc.date.created2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifieretd-08082013-100339en_US
dc.identifierumi-10413en_US
dc.identifiercat-002008962en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/4495
dc.description.abstractReligious environmentalism is a growing expression of religious praxis in the United States. This engagement reflects a theologically informed commitment for facing the ecological challenges of our planetary home, and participation in the creation of a world where both humanity and the natural world can flourish. This dissertation explores the interconnected nature of human and ecological flourishing through following three congregationally based religious environmental groups. Using ethnographic methods, the experiences of these cohorts during specific stages of their work together were gathered for a critical dialogue between ecological discourses, theological discourses, and the groups' praxis. Observing the experiences of the three cohorts and inquiring how they connect their faith to ecological activism invited reflection upon the theological shifts that took place for the group members after incorporating this kind of praxis into their faith.^This project uses the construct of hoping paradigms to illustrate the connection between the belief systems of the groups and their ecologically transformative praxis. These hoping paradigms are funded by theological anthropologies highlighting the interconnected nature of all life, and by eschatologies honoring the physically interrelated nature of the universe throughout time. The ecologically attuned spiritual praxis of the participating groups suggests that pastoral theological engagement with human experience must account for the flourishing of the ecological systems on which our shared life depends, and foster an expanded understanding of relational justice that widens to include ecological relationality. For pastoral theologies to be planetary in scope, they must be informed by ecological dimensions of human experience, and view care as critically engaging with the various circles of life that form the basis for our common flourishing.^Through highlighting how the experiences of these cohorts catalyzed change in their local communities, ecologically concerned portions of the wider church may find their own hopes for transforming ecologically destructive social imaginaries refreshed.
dc.format.mediumFormat: Onlineen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFort Worth, TX. : [Texas Christian University],en_US
dc.relation.ispartofTexas Christian University dissertationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUMI thesis.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofTexas Christian University dissertation.en_US
dc.relation.requiresMode of access: World Wide Web.en_US
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dc.subject.lcshEcotheology.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman ecology Religious aspects Christianity.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmentalism Religious aspects Christianity.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmental responsibility Religious aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshChristian stewardship.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPastoral theology.en_US
dc.titlePracticing hope: environmentalism as intersystemic careen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentBrite Divinity School
etd.degree.levelDoctoral
local.collegeBrite Divinity School
local.departmentBrite Divinity School
local.academicunitBrite Divinity School
dc.type.genreDissertation
local.subjectareaReligion (Brite)
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
etd.degree.grantorBrite Divinity School


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