The volume gives thankful resonance to Prof. Sigurd Bergmann, Lund, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. With its 14 contributions it intends to honor Sigurd Bergmann for all his academic and personal efforts in the areas of critical thinking, responsible ethics, and ingenious spirituality in service of the earth as protected habitat. The authors come from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Montenegro, the UK, South Africa, and Indonesia. The contributions cover a wide range of issues related to eco-theology, namely aesthetics, moral philosophy, theology, history of religion, philosophy of education, history of literature, political theory, and economics.

Hans-Günter Heimbrock was Professor of Practical Theology at the Department of Protestant Theology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main until 2013.Jörg Persch is a theologian, managing director and program director of Brill Deutschland GmbH with the imprints Ferdinand Schöningh, Wilhelm Fink and mentis.