The Problem of a Transcendent God for the Well-Being of Continuous Creation
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Lynn White's critique of Christianity, which set off the field of eco-theology. At that time, apologetic theologians responded to the White critique, that the Genesis “dominion” command is largely responsible for the contemporary ecological crisis, throug...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2007
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Dialog
Año: 2007, Volumen: 46, Número: 2, Páginas: 120-127 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Creación del nada
B Planetarity B Post-Foundationalism B Val Plumwood B Catherine Keller B Theo-Anthropology |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Lynn White's critique of Christianity, which set off the field of eco-theology. At that time, apologetic theologians responded to the White critique, that the Genesis “dominion” command is largely responsible for the contemporary ecological crisis, through reformulating Christian doctrines to address ecological issues. These pioneers have brought us a long way in terms of addressing both how Christianity has been responsible in supporting harmful human-earth relations and what resources within the tradition might be useful for addressing the contemporary ecological crisis. Building on this work, this article suggests that Christian theology (whether eco or not) will continue to support an understanding of the human being as rooted “outside of creation” as long as the concept of a transcendent, Omni, Creator-God is left intact. In place of this theological discourse of transcendence which secularizes the natural realm, I suggest a “radical materialist” (Val Plumwood) understanding of Christianity that moves between idealism and reductive materialism (both are forms of transcendence) through a “planetary” (Spivak) understanding of Creation and a “bio-historical” (Gordon Kaufman) understanding of anthropology. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2007.00317.x |
