Earth by Stephen Marshak
Referring to creation as generous is not common. We normally associate notions of generosity and gift in the created order with human being and action, imputing such notions to other creatures and the whole of creation often only in a poetic sense. Once we center the reality of all things in God as a loving Creator, however, we become disposed to see everything, in its very givenness, as gift--a reality that participates from its depths, in analogical ways, in God's generosity, such as to make possible a deepened look also at the problem of evil. The Generosity of Creation has a twofold purpose in this light. The four chapters of Part I spell out what this God-centeredness implies for our understanding of the cosmos in various contexts: first, the paradigmatic meaning of the child and childlikeness for a civilization rightly ordered in terms of gift; second, ecology considered in terms of a liberation theology guided by integral human development; third, the unity between ideas and reality as a necessary condition for preserving nature as the pre-sacrament, and the Church as the sacrament, of the Word of God's Love; fourth, human freedom conceived primarily as a response to the good and a desire for God, in contrast to the would-be neutral or indifferent freedom characteristic of liberal societies. Part I explores the metaphysical foundations for speaking of creatures as generous: gifts from God that participate, each according to its own nature, in God's giving. The exploration unfolds in dialogue with theologian Michael Waldstein, in relation to the anthropology of John Paul I and the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas.
Marshak, Stephen: - Stephen Marshak is a Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he taught for 35 years. During this time, he also served as Head of the Department of Geology and as Director of the School of Earth, Society, & Environment. Steve holds an A.B. from Cornell University, an M.S. from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University all in geology. His research interests in structural geology and tectonics have taken him in the field on several continents. Steve, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, has won the highest teaching awards at both the college and campus levels at the University of Illinois, and has also received a Neil Miner Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers for exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences. In addition to research papers and Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Essentials of Geology, Earth Science, and Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology, he has co-authored Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, and Basic Methods of Structural Geology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393111378 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393111377 |
| Title | Earth |
| Author | Stephen Marshak |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2007-12-14 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
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