Creation, Christians and Environmental Stewardship

Autores

  • Ken Gnanakan Instituto ACTS (http://www.actsgroup.org/); International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2015v4i3.p122-135

Resumo

This article is based on a theoretical discussion between religion and environmentalism. The text aims to present a debate between the principles of Christianity and the theoretical discussions that are fundamental to today’s environmentalist vision. It leads to a theological and culturalism argument with general concepts of the environmental movement, particularly in Western culture. The author appropriates the theological debate, with biblical texts of the Old and New Testament as a source, in order to present Biblical principles of respect for nature. Dialoguing with the concepts used in environmental movements and anthropocentrism biocentrism, this paper seeks to support Christian principles of stewardship as a theocentric environmental proposal of the relationship between humans and nature.

Keywords: Religion; Environmentalism; Stewardship; Environmental Theology.

Biografia do Autor

Ken Gnanakan, Instituto ACTS (http://www.actsgroup.org/); International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education.

PhD pela King's College London, Londres. Fundador do Instituto ACTS (http://www.actsgroup.org/). Membro Consultor da International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education.

Referências

Brueggeman W 1977. The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith. SPCK, London, p.6
Genesis 1987. A Practical Commentary. Text and Interpretation. Eerdmans, 10 pp.
Hall DJ 1990. The Steward – a Biblical Symbol come of Age. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Michigan, EUA, p. 26
New Bible Dictionary. p. 1145
Santmire HP 1985. Travail of Nature - the Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, p. 49.
White Jr L 1967. The Historical Roots of the Ecological Crisis. Science 155(3767): 1203-1207.
Young RA 1994. Health the Earth - A Theocrentric perspective on Environmental Problems and their Solutions. Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville.

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Publicado

2015-12-20

Como Citar

GNANAKAN, Ken. Creation, Christians and Environmental Stewardship. Fronteira: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 3, p. 122–135, 2015. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2015v4i3.p122-135. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/1415. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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v. 4 n. 3 (2015): FRONTEIRAS - ISSN 2238-8869

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