The Hope of the Earth: The Ecological Future of Modern Theology

As a tribute to the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, who died on 3 June 2024 in Tübingen, Germany, this issue of The Ecumenical Review is publishing a chapter from his book Hope in These Troubled Times, launched during Moltmann's last visit to the World Council of Churches in 2019. This chapt...

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Main Author: Moltmann, Jürgen 1926-2024 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2024, Volume: 76, Issue: 3, Pages: 167-181
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBB German language area
NBE Anthropology
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Further subjects:B God and the world
B Gaia
B ecological theology
B Ecology
B modern age
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Summary:As a tribute to the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, who died on 3 June 2024 in Tübingen, Germany, this issue of The Ecumenical Review is publishing a chapter from his book Hope in These Troubled Times, launched during Moltmann's last visit to the World Council of Churches in 2019. This chapter offers a critique of a theological approach that puts the human being at the centre of the relationship toward nature, an approach that has become questionable because of the ecological crisis. Instead, this chapter argues for a paradigm shift from placing the human being at the centre of the world to a cosmic integration of humanity, from the arrogance of global dominion to cosmic humbleness, from a distinction between God and the world to a mutual participation of a “world in God” and “God in the world.”
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12856