Pandemic, Ecology and Theology

As the stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have unfolded, so have its complexities. This volume addresses the collective sense that the pandemic is more than a problem to manage our way out of. Rather, it is a moment to consider our broken relationship with the natural world, and our alienation from a deeper sense of purpose and meaning.

Introduction: Theology and Ecology in a Time of Pandemic 1. Viral Visions & Dark Dreams: Ecological Darkness and Enmeshment in the Time of COVID-19 2. Ecology and the Unbuffered Self: Identity, Agency, and Authority in a Time of Pandemic 3. What Happened to Touch? 4. The Gallop of the Pale Green Horse: Pandemic, Pandaemonium and Panentheism 5. Eschatology in a Time of Crisis 6. The Multidimensional Unity of Life, Theology, Ecology, and COVID-19 7. Between Catastrophes: God, Nature and Humanity 8. COVID-19, Human Ecology, and the Ontological Turn to Gaia 9. The Recovery of Nature's Religious Role in the Context of the Pandemic 10. Listening to the Pandemic: Decentering Humans through Silence and Sound.