Un/natural death and extinction

This article examines the question of death in the larger context of extinction, more specifically in the context of the sixth extinction, the human-caused mass die-off of species we are currently experiencing. The point is made that while both death and extinction are a natural part of evolutionary...

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Autor principal: Largen, Kristin Johnston 1968- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
En: Dialog
Año: 2018, Volumen: 57, Número: 4, Páginas: 279-286
Clasificaciones IxTheo:CD Cristianismo ; Ciencia 
NBC Dios
NBD Creación
NBE Antropología
NCG Ética ecológica ; ética de la creación
Otras palabras clave:B theology and evolution
B Climate Change
B sixth extinction
B Extinction
B Death
B Ecotheology
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario:This article examines the question of death in the larger context of extinction, more specifically in the context of the sixth extinction, the human-caused mass die-off of species we are currently experiencing. The point is made that while both death and extinction are a natural part of evolutionary life on earth, there are critical aspects of both that are distinctly "unnatural"-even sinful, and should be combatted and resisted.
ISSN:1540-6385
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12436