A Sense of the Divine: The Natural Environment from a Theocentric Perspective

by James M. Gustafson

THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FROM A THEOCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE.

Genres: Nonfiction, Environment

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1994

Reviews

[J.Aleksandr Wootton · Rating 1 out of 5]

Update: Attentive rereads are not always kind. That "friendly blur" mentioned in my original review glossed over how little Gustafson said, at length, during the four-part lecture series collected into this book (I do pity the students who were actually present!). He offers little in the way of positive suggestions, let alone assertions, and any hint of substance shies away from taking any definite form other than an oblique reference to his definitive work on theocentric ethics.

The anticipated rating upgrade has become a downgrade, and I've shuffled my copy off to the used-book store.

***
A friendly blur during a bibliographically-crowded undergraduate Ecology & Ethics course.

Overdue for rereading; looking forward to it. I anticipate upgrading my rating at that time.

[Meg · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good and quick intro to Gustafson's thought from his Theocentric Ethics, made a little more personal through his use of stories and a much lighter tone. Enjoyable, though it can't reach the depth of Theocentric Ethics.