RT Article
T1 The Spirit in Creation: A Unified Theology of Grace and Creation Care
JF Zygon
VO 43
IS 4
SP 943
OP 960
A1 Studebaker, Steven M. 1968-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827960515
AB Abstract. This essay identifies one of the deeper theological sources of the tendency toward environmental neglect in evangelical and Pentecostal theology and proposes a theological vision that facilitates a vision of creation care as a dimension of Christian formation. The first section identifies, describes, and evaluates the traditional distinction between common and special grace or the natural and the supernatural orders as a theological foundation for environmental neglect in Pentecostal theology. The second and third sections propose that a pneumatological vision of grace based on a fundamental trinitarianism provides Pentecostals and other Christians with a way to overcome these stark dualisms and to attain a more unified and comprehensive vision of God's grace that is more conducive to creation care. The fourth section presents a case for seeing creation care as a pneumatological and proleptic participation in the eschaton and, as such, as a dimension of Christian formation and sanctification.
K1 THE TRINITY
K1 Special Revelation
K1 special grace
K1 Pneumatology
K1 Pentecostalism
K1 the Holy Spirit
K1 General Revelation
K1 Creation Care
K1 Common Grace
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2008.00970.x