RT Article
T1 Dominion in Christian Farming
JF Religious studies and theology
VO 35
IS 2
SP 131
OP 142
A1 Armstrong, Suzanne
LA English
PB Equinox Publ.
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1837300321
AB Genesis 1:27-28 and 2:15 are the basis for significant debate on conceptions of stewardship and dominion in Christian responses to environmental issues. Key criticisms of historical perspectives of dominion in the west, including from White, have been influential on Christian environmental responses. However, perspectives of dominion persist among some groups of Christians in their worldview of human-nature relations. Farmers in particular find dominion important as a justification for use and development of nature through farming methods and technologies. Often dominion is used along side or within an understanding of stewardship, which exhorts responsibility towards nature. Within the CFFO, a dominion perspective sees farmers as co-creators with God, able to make creation more than it was. Other farmers, however, temper or reject the concept of dominion.
K1 Christianity
K1 Genesis
K1 Animals
K1 Dominion
K1 Environment
K1 farming
K1 Land
K1 Stewardship
K1 Worldview
DO 10.1558/rsth.32549