"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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Main Author: Smith, Joshua Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: 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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