How is the coming generation to go on living? Bonhoeffer's preservation orders for the ‘sixth extinction’
This essay adapts Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ‘orders of preservation’ to address the sharp rise in species extinctions due to human causes. I argue that Bonhoeffer's creative use of preservation orders to build an international alliance provides the scope required to meet the present biodiversi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 76, Issue: 4, Pages: 345-356 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906-1945
/ Creation
/ Environmental ethics (motif)
/ Extinction of species
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Creation
B Dietrich Bonhoeffer B Sustainability B Ecotheology |
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| Summary: | This essay adapts Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ‘orders of preservation’ to address the sharp rise in species extinctions due to human causes. I argue that Bonhoeffer's creative use of preservation orders to build an international alliance provides the scope required to meet the present biodiversity crisis while pre-empting Karl Barth's criticism of static regionalism and avoiding problematic elements in Carl Schmitt's concept of the ‘restraining force’. Drawing on Bonhoeffer's 1932 address, ‘On the Theological Foundation of the Work of the World Alliance’, I present three convictions to guide the task of preservation today, which include the formation of alliances between ecclesial and scientific communities in order to properly specify God's commandment. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930623000340 |