Reading the Sermon on the Mount in an Age of Ecological Catastrophe
This article offers a reading of Matthew 6:25—34 in its first-century context and a reflection on how it can address our contemporary context of ecological catastrophe. Jesus takes the birds and the wild flowers as examples of God's generous provision for all his creatures. His hearers or reade...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2009
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-88 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Kingdom of God B ecological ethics B Sermon on the Mount B creation theology |
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| Summary: | This article offers a reading of Matthew 6:25—34 in its first-century context and a reflection on how it can address our contemporary context of ecological catastrophe. Jesus takes the birds and the wild flowers as examples of God's generous provision for all his creatures. His hearers or readers can learn to trust God for basic needs, but only by seeing the world as God's creation and themselves as fellow-creatures with non-human creatures in the community of creation. For readers today this should free them from modern Western society's addiction to excess and enable them to live within created limits. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946808100227 |