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Eco-justice-- the unfinished journey

Print Book, English, ©2004
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©2004
xx, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780791459911, 9780791459928, 0791459918, 0791459926
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Forewordxi
Acknowledgmentsxix
Introduction to the Journey1(12)
Part I: The Eco-Justice Perspective: Crisis, Meaning, and Motivation
13(72)
Not Just Ecology, Not Just Economics-Eco-Justice
15(6)
Chris Cowap
Eco-Justice: What Is It?
21(10)
William E. Gibson
Growth as Metaphor, Growth as Politics
31(16)
Richard Grossman
Come Inside the Circle of Creation
47(6)
Elizabeth Dodson Gray
Creation and Liberation as a Continuing Story
53(16)
William E. Gibson
Teaching the Eco-Justice Ethic: The Parable of Billerica Dam
69(16)
J. Ronald Engel
Conclusion to Part I
79(6)
Part II: Eco-Justice Issues
85(2)
Section A. Toxic Pollution and Environmental Justice
87(18)
Toxic Pollution and Race
93(12)
Charles Lee
Corporations and Community Accountability
99(6)
J. Andy Smith III
Section B. Technology and Energy
105(24)
Technology: Opportunity and Peril
109(12)
Roger L. Shinn
The Conundrum of Oil: Less Would Be Better
121(8)
William E. Gibson
Section C. Creatures, Systems, and Sense of Place
129(26)
Duties to Animals, Plants, Species, and Ecosystems: Challenges for Christians
133(14)
Holmes Rolston III
Of Place, Creation, and Relations
147(8)
George E. Tinker
Sabine O'Hara
Section D. Hunger and Agriculture
155(24)
The Persistence of Hunger: Ecological, Economic, and Ethical Dimensions
157(14)
Larry L. Rasmussen
Let My People Farm
171(8)
Donald Q. Innis
Section E. Population and Women's Concerns
179(18)
Forging Common Ground on Population Issues
183(6)
Carol Holst
Voices of Women on Environment, Population, and Development: Excerpts from Several Issues of the Journal
189(8)
Elizabeth Dodson Gray
Peggy Antrobus
Karen Rindge
Bernadine Grant McRipley
Helen Locklear
Section F. Economics, Good Work, and Sustainable Development
197(36)
Sanctioning Resource Depletion: Economic Development and Neoclassical Economics
201(12)
Charles A. S. Hall
A New Economics for the Twenty-First Century
213(6)
James Robertson
Good Work, the Big Chill, and the Sadness of Dinks
219(4)
Ingrid Olsen-Tjensvold
The Development Debate: Coalition for a New Alternative?
223(10)
J. Ronald Engel
Section G. Lifestyle and Community
233(24)
Prodigality and Frugality: Core Conflict of the Times
237(10)
James A. Nash
Sustainability and Community
247(10)
John B. Cobb, Jr.
Part III: The Journey Continues
257(66)
The Church's Eco-Justice Journey
261(14)
Dieter T. Hessel
The Earth Charter
275(10)
The Earth Charter, Globalization, and Sustainable Community
285(10)
Larry L. Rasmussen
Concluding Considerations, Continuing Journey
295(28)
William E. Gibson
Contributors323(8)
Index331