The Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation

ISBN-13: 9781602583108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 238 str.

Richard Bauckham

Opis

With his characteristic rigor and perceptiveness, Richard Bauckham embarks on a biblical investigation into the relationship between human beings and the rest of creation. Bauckham argues that there is much more to the Bible s understanding of this relationship than the mandate of human dominion given in Genesis 1 which, he writes, has too often been used as a justification for domination and exploitation of the earth s resources. Instead, Bauckham considers the ecological perspectives found in the book of Job, the Psalms, and the Gospels, all of which, he determines, require a re-evaluation of the biblical tradition of "dominion." Bauckham discovers a tradition of a "community of creation" in which human beings are fellow members with God s other creatures and true reconciliation to God involves the entire creation. Short, reliable, and engaging, "The Bible and Ecology" is essential reading for anyone looking for a biblically grounded approach to ecology."

Spis treści

Preface

1 Stewardship in Question

2 Putting Us in Our Place

3 The Community of Creation

4 Where the Wild Things Are

5 From Alpha to Omega