Creation as Promise: A Dogmatic Approach to Eco-Theology in the Anthropocene
The article constructs the emergence of environmental ethics and eco-theology, referring to ecumenical discussions and influences. It then focuses on the difference between two types of eco-theology: one that may be called eco-centric, the other theo-centric. Following the second model and rooted in...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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New blackfriars
Année: 2022, Volume: 103, Numéro: 1104, Pages: 243-258 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Karl Barth
B Eco-theology B New Creation B Eucharist B creation ex nihilo |
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| Résumé: | The article constructs the emergence of environmental ethics and eco-theology, referring to ecumenical discussions and influences. It then focuses on the difference between two types of eco-theology: one that may be called eco-centric, the other theo-centric. Following the second model and rooted in Karl Barth's approach to creation theology, the argument is put forward that a dogmatic approach today has to be based on the concept of ‘creatio ex nihilo’. Creation is not a commodity but utterly dependent on God's ongoing creative speech-act. A revision of the doctrine of election focuses on creation in a Trinitarian perspective. Creation is an eschatological and soteriological category that is grounded biblically in the post-exilic hope for a new creation. As a promise, it is a critique of all utopic and dystopic claims in human history. This has two consequences. First, the need to regain a realistic concept of the political that allows for conflicting aims and that challenges the concept of dominion. And second, to regain a realistic approach to ‘nature’ that defines the ethical concern as ‘habitability’. The fundamental challenge is to live in a disenchanted world while waiting for the world to come. This tension is enacted in the Eucharist. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2005 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: New blackfriars
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/nbfr.12721 |