The Bible and the Environment

Towards a Critical Ecological Biblical Theology

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ID23557653
AuthorsDavid G Horrell (0000-0001-9962-6262)
Year2015
Publication date2015-08-12
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueBible and the Environment (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315656205
OpenAlexW4253073429
ISBN9781315656205
Open LibraryOL40006355M
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The biblical and Christian traditions have long been seen to have legitimated and encouraged humanity's aggressive domination of nature. Biblical visions of the future, with destruction for the earth and rescue for the elect, have also discouraged any concern for the earth's future or the welfare of future generations. But we now live in a time when environmental issues are at the centre of political and ethical debate. What is needed is a new reading of the biblical tradition that can meet the challenges of the ecological issues that face humanity at the beginning of the third millennium. 'The Bible and the Environment' examines a range of biblical texts - from Genesis to Revelation - evaluating competing interpretations. The Bible provides a thoroughly ambivalent legacy. Certainly, it cannot provide straightforward teaching on care for the environment but nor can it simply be seen as an anti-ecological book. Developing an 'ecological hermeneutic' as a way of mediating between contemporary concerns and the biblical text, 'The Bible and the Environment' presents a way of productively reading the Bible in the context of contemporary ecology.

Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Biblical teaching · Biblische Theologie · Christian theology · Christianity · Écologie humaine · Enseignement biblique · General · Human Ecology · Human ecology · Religion · Religious aspects · Umweltethik

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