Salvation means creation healed
Subtitle: the ecology of sin and grace : overcoming the divorce between Earth and Heaven
By: Howard A. Snyder with Joel Scandrett
Contributors: Scandrett, Joel
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781608998883
Subjects: Mission of the church; Creation; Christianity; Healing; Biblical teaching; Human ecology; Ecotheology; Salvation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a healthy church on a sick planet?; title: pt. 1. The divorce of heaven and earth. The great divorce in Christian theology; title: Church history: sealing the divorce; title: Streams of renewal: hope for reconciliation; title: The hole in the Christian worldview; title: pt. 2. The disease and the cure. The ecology of sin; title: The groans of creation; title: The gospel: a complete cure; title: Interlude: God works in cycles and seasons; title: pt. 3. The healing mission of God. Mission: God, people, land; title: Mission and the kingdom of God; title: Mission, healing, and the end of eschatology; title: pt. 4. The healing community. Rediscovering the church; title: The marks of healing community; title: The community of Earth and Heaven; title: Conclusion: living new creation now.