Incarnate earth : deep incarnation and the face of Christ
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Incarnate earth : deep incarnation and the face of Christ
（Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies）
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Bibliography: p. [184]-197
Includes index
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Description
Incarnate Earth reimagines the doctrine of Incarnation by extending the unity between Creator and creation beyond Jesus to the entire world. In dialogue with contemporary theologies of deep incarnation and the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, the author argues that the face of Christ is encountered in the cruciform demand for justice embodied in the creaturely finitude and vulnerability that grounds ethics. Central to this vision is a recognition that the religious role-functions at the heart of Jesus' life-the revelation of God and the redemption of the world-are performed throughout the physical world, irreducible to humanity or one heroic representative of the species. Thus, the human encounters the divine Christ in and as the face of any vulnerable thing-animal, vegetal, elemental, or otherwise-not as a transcendent being mediated through humanity. The radical nature of this reimagination necessitates renewed discussions of ecological and animal ethics, calling for compassionate care for all vulnerable bodies insofar as this is possible. It will be of interest to scholars of Christian theology and the philosophy of religion, particularly those focused on ecotheology, religious naturalism, and environmental ethics.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction: Incarnate Encounters
2 Deep Incarnation
3 God, the Face, and Incarnation
4 Deep Incarnation and Redemption
5 Deep Incarnation and Revelation
6 Incarnate Earth
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