A Myth for the Sixth Mass Extinction

Telling Noah's Story during a Climate Crisis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3590481
AutoresNancy Menning (0000-0002-7202-9246, Ithaca College, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas243
Data de publicação2022-03-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13030243
OpenAlexW4220695556
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas36

Myths are open storylines that invite elaboration and modification. The flood narrative of Genesis 6-9, for example, has been readily employed to motivate endangered species protection and to reflect on the rising seas and mass extinctions associated with climate change. The distinctive features of any retelling of the Noah's ark story reflect the needs of historically situated and culturally embedded audiences. This paper focuses on four versions of Noah's story: in Genesis, in the Qur'an, at Ark Encounter theme park, and in Darren Aronofsky's film Noah. Analysis identifies the narrative choices that align each telling with its cultural context and draws out insights for adapting the story for the contemporary climate crisis. A conclusion addresses issues of race and racial injustice in traditional interpretations of Noah's story, and highlights approaches to redress those inequities in new imaginings of the flood narrative

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Environmental ethics · Flood myth · Injustice · Literature · Media studies · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Redress · Sociology · Storytelling · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics