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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1. VerfasserIn: Largen, Kristin Johnston 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Dialog
Jahr: 2018, Band: 57, Heft: 4, Seiten: 279-286
IxTheo Notationen:CF Christentum und Wissenschaft
NBC Gotteslehre
NBD Schöpfungslehre
NBE Anthropologie
NCG Ökologische Ethik; Schöpfungsethik
weitere Schlagwörter:B theology and evolution
B Climate Change
B sixth extinction
B Extinction
B Death
B Ecotheology
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Zusammenfassung: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
Enthält:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12436