Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology

I doubt I need to introduce the work of John Cobb to readers of this journal. His career has seen many firsts, from co-founding the Center for Process Studies in Claremont, CA and being one of the leading representatives of its brand of process theology to writing the first philosophical/theological book on environmental ethics. This Fortress Press edition of Is It Too Late? marks the fiftieth anniversary of that landmark publication and includes a new preface and afterword written by Cobb. Besides those new perspectives on the argument, the intervening years have made the words of the original text prophetic and have revealed Cobb's visionary insight. Despite there being a lot that he could brag about, Cobb remains characteristically humble. The frankness with which he assessed the various ecological crises the Earth would be facing when writing the original book during the summer of 1970 is also present in the...