Creatures of Their Own Making: Niche Co-Construction in the Divine Sustaining
From biology to anthropology, Niche Construction Theory (NCT) offers a corrective to accounts that neglect or diminish the agency of organisms in evolutionary process. This article engages with key features of NCT to reenvision theological accounts of human work: that ecosystems are superconstructio...
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| Lingua: | Inglese |
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2025
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Zygon
Anno: 2025, Volume: 60, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 720–35 |
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B Biomimicry B Agency B Providence B theology of work B Creation B Anthropology B Evolutionary Biology B niche construction |
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| 520 | |a From biology to anthropology, Niche Construction Theory (NCT) offers a corrective to accounts that neglect or diminish the agency of organisms in evolutionary process. This article engages with key features of NCT to reenvision theological accounts of human work: that ecosystems are superconstructions of several organisms, that niche construction also involves destruction, and that ecological inheritance ought to be considered alongside genetic transmission. I also address concerns over the tendency of NCT to highlight the constructive ultimacy of humans during an ecological crisis. Drawing on modern Protestant theology, I situate creatures’ agency within a fuller account of God’s providence, re-embedding claims about divine-human concurrence within the divine sustaining. I therefore argue for a shift away from seeing humans as co-creators with God in order to better understand ourselves as niche co-constructors, alongside our neighboring species, in a manner that ensures life can go on. | ||
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