An Ecological Christian Anthropology: At Home on Earth? by Ernst M. Conradie

20 March 2017 adminEnvironmental Science

By Ernst M. Conradie

what's the position and vocation of people within the earth neighborhood? this can be the vital query that this contribution in the direction of a Christian ecological anthropology addresses. In ecological theology this question is usually responded via the confirmation that 'We are at domestic on earth'. This confirmation rightly responds to the frequent feel of alienation from nature, to the anthropocentrism that pervades a lot of the Christian culture and to issues concerning the scope of environmental devastation. This booklet demanding situations the confirmation that we're at domestic on the earth, reading usual agony, anxieties relating human finitude and particularly the pervasiveness of evil. The ebook investigates contributions to ecological theology, South African and African theology, reformed theology and modern dialogues among theology and the sciences looking for a completely ecological Christian anthropology.

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