The Promise of Jewish Theistic Naturalism for Jewish Environmental Ethics: Hans Jonas and Arthur Green
This paper seeks to explain the greater appeal of Jewish naturalistic theologies given our greater appreciation today of the ecological vulnerability of our world. By examining the theological writings of two prominent twentieth-century Jewish thinkers—Hans Jonas and Arthur Green. The paper demonstr...
| Published in: | Worldviews |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Worldviews
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jonas, Hans 1903-1993
/ Grin, Artur 1941-
/ Judaism
/ Theism
/ Naturalism (Philosophy)
/ Environmental ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BH Judaism FD Contextual theology NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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Jewish Theology
B Jewish environmental ethics B Jewish Thought B religious naturalism |
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| Summary: | This paper seeks to explain the greater appeal of Jewish naturalistic theologies given our greater appreciation today of the ecological vulnerability of our world. By examining the theological writings of two prominent twentieth-century Jewish thinkers—Hans Jonas and Arthur Green. The paper demonstrates that their espousal of naturalistic yet theistic worldview in their interpretations and reconstructions of Jewish tradition shares significant affinities and promotes an ethical attitude toward the environment. First, I show that Jonas and Green reject reductive forms of naturalism and embrace a nonreductive or “expansive” style of naturalism. Then, I argue that their theologies intend to stimulate a sense of responsibility toward all creation by envisioning humans as partners of a non-omnipotent God. I conclude by noting the metaphysical, epistemological, and moral promises of theistic naturalism to Jewish environmental ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-20210902 |