There has been a proliferation of publications in the field of Christian ecological theology over the last three decades or so. These include a number of recent edited volumes, each covering a range of topics and consolidating many of the emerging insights in ecological theol­ogy. The call for Christian churches to respond to the environmental crisis has been reiterated numerous times in this vast corpus of literature, also in South Africa.

The aim of this volume is not to repeat what has already been dis­cussed elsewhere. Instead, the aim is to provide resources and a sense of direction for postgraduate research in the field of Christianity and ecological theology. Three such resources are offered here, namely:
1) A “guide for further research”,
2) A bibliography with more than 5000 entries of texts with an explicit focus on Christianity and ecological theology which have been published in Afrikaans, Dutch, English and German, and
3) An index to the entries in the bibliography which provides an overview of the wide range of topics that have been discussed in the literature thus far. The aim of the guide for further research is to offer a brief orientation and a critical review of the literature, to provide a “map” to organise various aspects of the debates, to reflect on the rele­vance of these debates in the South African context, and more, specifically, to stimulate, facilitate and direct further research in the field of Christianity and ecological theology.

Ernst M. Conradie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape where he teaches Systematic Theology and Ethics. He is the author of the following recent monographs in the field of ecological theology: Hope for the Earth: Vistas on a new century (UWC, 2000 / Wipf & Stock 2005), An ecological Christian anthropology: At home on earth? (Ashgate, 2005) and Waar op dees aarde vind mens God? Op soek na ’n aardse spiritualiteit (Lux Verbi.BM, 2006).

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