The Bible vs. Biodiversity: The Case against Moral Argument from Scripture
This article challenges the view of many ecotheologians and environmentalist Christians that the Bible makes a clear and compelling case for ecological responsibility. It asserts that the lack of biblical concern for the protection of biological diversity is especially clear. The ecological reformat...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Ano: 2009, Volume: 3, Número: 2, Páginas: 213-237 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Bible
B bioresponsibility |
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| Resumo: | This article challenges the view of many ecotheologians and environmentalist Christians that the Bible makes a clear and compelling case for ecological responsibility. It asserts that the lack of biblical concern for the protection of biological diversity is especially clear. The ecological reformation of Christianity will not, therefore, be realized in appeals to scriptural warrants. Instead, it must depend on two things: first, a re visioning in the light of the environmental sciences of the central affirmations of faith, namely, discerning the ecological potential in such doctrines as creation, incarnation, covenant, redemption, sacramental presence, sin; and second, expanded ethical explorations of the meaning of Christian love. A Christian ecological ethics embracing the idea that all species have intrinsic value will naturally flow from an extension of love to all of its horizons, in accord with Christian experiences of and testimonies to the unbounded love of God. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.v3i2.213 |