{"product_id":"political-theology-of-climate-change-9780802870988","title":"Political Theology of Climate Change","description":"Much current commentary on climate change, both secular and theological, focuses on the duties of individual citizens to reduce their consumption of fossil fuels. In \u003ci\u003eA Political Theology of Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e, however, Michael Northcott discusses \u003ci\u003enations\u003c\/i\u003e as key agents in the climate crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the anti-national trend of contemporary political theology, Northcott renarrates the origins of the nations in the divine ordering of history. In dialogue with Giambattista Vico, Carl Schmitt, Alasdair MacIntyre, and other writers, he argues that nations have legal and \u003ci\u003emoral responsibilities to rule over limited terrains and to guard a just and fair distribution of the fruits of the earth within the ecological limits of those terrains. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs part of his study, Northcott brilliantly reveals how the prevalent nature-culture divide in Western culture, including its notion of nature as \"private property,\" has contributed to the global ecological crisis. While addressing real difficulties and global controversies surrounding climate change, Northcott presents substantial and persuasive fare in his \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology of Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorthcott, Michael S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael S. Northcott is professor of ethics at the University of Edinburgh. His previous books include The Environment and Christian Ethics and A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500209864978,"sku":"9780802870988","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fbb666ba-ec8d-4b4a-b6b8-831116638a94.jpg?v=1753188078","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/political-theology-of-climate-change-9780802870988","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}