"Really present to bless": The sacrament of creation and a practical ethic of environmental care for the local church
Anthropogenic climate change poses the greatest existential threat humans have ever faced as a species. Churches must find creative ways to confront this frightening new reality, but how are we to do so faithfully? The first half of the article explores the suggestion that a harmful modern worldview...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Review and expositor
Year: 2019, Volume: 116, Issue: 3, Pages: 332-344 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBD Doctrine of Creation NBP Sacramentology; sacraments NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Creation
B Environmental Ethics B ministry praxis B Food Ethics B Real Presence B Sacramental Theology |
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| Summary: | Anthropogenic climate change poses the greatest existential threat humans have ever faced as a species. Churches must find creative ways to confront this frightening new reality, but how are we to do so faithfully? The first half of the article explores the suggestion that a harmful modern worldview of "disenchantment" is partly to blame for our current environmental crisis, and that this perspective fails to account adequately for God's real presence "in, with, and under" creation. The article then offers a short theological "sketch" that considers how a more robust sacramental imagination might challenge pastors and congregations to think differently about the interlocking relationships between God, humanity, and creation. Finally, the second half of the article recommends three small, practical steps that serve as "living signs" of this sacramental creation theology when put into practice by local churches, beginning with our dinner tables. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637319867408 |