The Bible and ecology
Subtitle: rediscovering the community of creation
By: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781602583108
Description: Richard Bauckham embarks on a biblical investigation into the relationship between human beings and the rest of creation. Bauckham argues that there is much more to the Bible's understanding of this relationship than the mandate of human dominion given in Genesis 1--which, he writes, has too often been used as a justification for domination and exploitation of the earth's resources. Instead, Bauckham considers the ecological perspectives found in the book of Job, the Psalms, and the Gospels, all of which, he determines, require a re-evaluation of the biblical tradition of "dominion." Bauckham discovers a tradition of a "community of creation" in which human beings are fellow members with God's other creatures and true reconciliation to God involves the entire creation. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Stewardship in question; title: Putting us in our place; title: The community of creation; title: Where the wild things are; title: From alpha to omega.