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3.2 - Christian Platonism, Nature and Environmental Crisis

from III - Engagements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2021

By
Alexander J. B. Hampton
Edited by
Alexander J. B. Hampton  and
John Peter Kenney
Alexander J. B. Hampton
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
John Peter Kenney
Affiliation:
Saint Michael's College, Vermont
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Summary

Christian Platonism has the capacity to serve as a resource for addressing the present-day environmental crisis. Drawing upon a diverse range of thinkers, including Augustine, Aquinas, Hildegard, Traherne, Coleridge, and Novalis, the chapter illustrates how the tradition envisions a non-anthropocentric conceptualisation of nature.

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natureparticipationanthropocentricismcreationenvironment
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Christian Platonism
A History
 , pp. 381 - 407
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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