All God's creatures: a theology of creation

"The predonminant "stewardship model" of creation is the result of an intentional effort to crrect approaches that reinforce human sovereignty and the resulting environmental degradation. However, as 'All God's creatures' argues, the stewardship model actually does not...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Horan, Daniel P. 1983- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books / Fortress Academic [2018]
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:"The predonminant "stewardship model" of creation is the result of an intentional effort to crrect approaches that reinforce human sovereignty and the resulting environmental degradation. However, as 'All God's creatures' argues, the stewardship model actually does not offer a coreection but rather reinscribes many of the very same pitfalls. After close analysis of the stewardship model, this book identifies scriptural, theological, and philosophical sources to support the adoption of a 'community of creation' paradigm. Drawin on postcolonial theory, this book proposes the concept of 'planetarity' as a framework for conceiving the relationship between human and nonhuman creation, and the Creator, in a new way. This theoretical framework is grounded by a retrieval of the medieval Franciscan theological and philosophical tradition. The result is what can be called a postcolonial Franciscan theology of creation imagined in terms of planetarity, providing a constructive and nonanthropocentric response to the need for a new conceptualization of the doctrine of creation"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 251 Seiten
ISBN:9781978701533

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand!