Living with Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology - Softcover

Bauckham, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602584117 ISBN 13: 9781602584112

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The Bible and Christian tradition have, at best, offered an ambiguous word in response to Earth's environmental difficulties. At worst, a complex, often one-sided history of interpretation has left the Bible's voice silent. Aiming to bridge these gaps, Richard Bauckham mines scripture and theology, discovering a firm command for Christians to care for all of God's creation and then discusses the generations of theologians who have sought to live out this biblical mandate. Going beyond Old Testament human dominion, Living with Other Creatures consults scripture in its entirety and includes Jesus' perspectives on creation, novel approaches to reading the gospels, and some of the most well known "ecologists" throughout Christian history. The result is an innovative and enriching treatise that reminds readers of God's whole creation―and humanity's place within it.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Unveiling Christianity's mandate for creation care

About the Author:

Richard Bauckham is a fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is the author of several books, including The Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation and J esus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, winner of the 2009 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1602584117
• ISBN 13: 9781602584112
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270