Creation & the environment : an Anabaptist perspective on a sustainable world

著者

• Redekop, Calvin Wall

書誌事項

Creation & the environment : an Anabaptist perspective on a sustainable world

edited by Calvin Redekop

（Center books in Anabaptist studies / George F. Thompson, series founder and director ; Donald B. Kraybill, consulting editor）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000

• : pbk

タイトル別名

Creation and the environment

注記

Bibliography: p. [249]-267

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Recent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as "stewards of God's creation" or champions of "environmental justice," church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In Creation and the EnvironmentCalvin W. Redekop and his co-authors explain the unique environmental position of the Anabaptists, in particular the Mennonites. After a brief survey of the major forces contributing to the word's present ecological crisis, Creation and the Environment explores the uniquely Anabaptist view of our relationship to what they see as the created order. In rural Amish and Mennonite communities, they explain, the environment-especially the "land"-is considered part of the Kingdom God plans to establish on earth. In this view, the creation is part of the divine order, with the redemption of humankind inextricably linked to the redemption and restoration of the material world. The well-being a purpose of creation and human history are thus seen as completely interdependent. Contributors: Heather Ackley Bean, Claremont Graduate School * Kenton Brubaker, Eastern Mennonite University * Thomas Finger, Claremont Graduate School * Karen Klassen Harder, Bethel College, Kansas * James Harder, Bethel College, Kansas * Lawrence Hart, Cheyenne Cultural Center, Clinton, Oklahoma * Theodore Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary * Karl Keener, Pennsylvania State University * Walter Klaassen, Conrad Grebel College * David Kline, Holmes County, Ohio * Calvin W. Redekop, Conrad Grebel College * Mel Schmidt * Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite University * Michael Yoder, Northwestern College, Iowa.

目次

Acknowledgments Introductions Part I. Human Activities & Their Alteration of the Creation 1. Economics, Development, and Creation 2. Science, Technology, and Creation 3. Population Density and a Sustainable Environment Part II. Anabaptist/Mennonite Life & the Environment 4. God's Spirit and a Theology for Living 5. Mennonites, Economics, and the Care of Creation 6. The Mennonite Political Witness to the Care of Creation Part III. Anabaptists' Theological & Historial Orientation 7. Creation, the Fall, and Humanity's Role in the Ecosystem 8. The New Testament and the Environment: Toward a Christology for the Cosmos 9. Pacifism, Nonviolence, and the Peaceful Reign of God 10. An Anabaptist Mennonite Theology of Creation 11. The Earth Is a Song Made Visible Part IV. The Challenge to Take Care of the Earth 12. Toward an Anabaptist/Mennonite Environmental Ethic 13. The Environmental Challenge before Us Appendix A. A Letter to Congress Appendix B. Stewards in God's Creation Notes Biblography Contributors Index

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA84471692
• ISBN:
  • 0801864232
• LCCN: 00008081
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 283 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BX4931.2
  • DC21 : 261.8/362/088243
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Anabaptists
  • LCSH : Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA53461796