Preservation and Protest: Theological Foundations for an Eco-Eschatological Ethics
About this eBook
Preservation and Protest proposes a novel taxonomy of four paradigms of
nonhuman theological ethics by exploring the intersection of tensions between
value terms and teleological terms. McLaughlin systematically develops the
paradigm of cosmocentric transfiguration, arguing that the entire cosmos shares
in the eschatological hope of a harmonious participation in God’s triune life.
With this paradigm, McLaughlin offers an alternative to anthropocentric and conservationist
paradigms within the Christian tradition, an alternative that affirms both
scientific claims about natural history and the theological hope for
eschatological redemption.
About the author
Ryan Patrick McLaughlin is an associate fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animals Ethics and adjunct instructor in the department of theology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned a Ph.D. in systematic theology at Duquesne University.
