Hearing Earth's Call: Life and Livelihood in First John - (Ecology and Justice) by Rodolfo Felices Luna (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

ECOLOGY & JUSTICE SERIES

The Good News of Jesus Christ is a word about life, and the letter of First John offers an important witness to how that life is lived in love. First John's discussion of life is rarely read in an environmentally supportive way. Rodolfo Felices Luna explicitly sets out to challenge the human exclusivity of interpreting First John. Though it is not immediately thought of as one of the environmentalist texts of the biblical corpus, the ways that First John talks about life and love offer fresh approaches for both eco-critical readings of scripture and faithful Christian action for environmental well-being. This book explicitly takes up Pope Francis's calls for an integral ecology and turns it on our reading of and living from scripture.

About the Author

Rodolfo F. Luna is associate professor of sacred scripture, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX. He earned his PhD from Université de Montréal, Canada. His research spans the Johannine literature and the early evolution of Christian thought and origins. He is the author of two books, both in French, Le quatrième témoin. Initiation à la lecture de l'évangile spiritual (2011) and Voici le message. La structure littéraire au service de l'annonce dans la Première épître de Jean (2010). An active member of the Catholic Biblical Association, his recent work in eco-critical hermeneutics marks an important integration of Pope Francis's ecological vision and biblical studies for the twenty-first century.