Environmental StewardshipRobert James Berry The stimulus for the book came from a conference organized by the John Ray Initiative (JRI) to explore 'the Christian approach to the environment'. A clear conclusion was the need to explore and characterize 'stewardship'. This is a concept widely used by environmentalists and one which has clear biblical roots, but it is repeatedly criticized (even condemned) by those who regard any management of nature as either impious or impractical, and by others who believe it is inadequate or misleading. Five key contributions form the core of this book: a context-establishing introduction by R.J. Berry, and papers by Robin Attfield (philosopher), Murray Rae (theologian), Calvin DeWitt (biologist), and Jim Lovelock ('biogeochemist'). They are supported by other relevant material - either classic texts or contributions written or revised especially for this volume. > |
Contents
Having Dominion Genesis and the Mastery | 17 |
Modern Domination of Nature Historical Origins | 32 |
A Theology for the Earth | 51 |
Environmental Sensitivity and Critiques of Stewardship | 76 |
The Dominion of Man | 92 |
The Fallible Concept of Stewardship of the Earth | 106 |
Stewardship as Key to a Theology of Nature | 129 |
Stewardship Responding Dynamically to | 145 |
Ethics and Stewardship | 199 |
Soil Stewardship and Spirit in the Era | 213 |
Environmental Stewardship Needed for the Core | 228 |
From Ecological Lament to a Sustainable Oikos | 247 |
Priest of Creation | 273 |
To Render Praise Humanity in Gods World | 291 |
Stewardship for the Twentyfirst Century | 315 |
| 339 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Adam animals anthropocentric attitudes Bacon Bauckham behaviour belief Berry Bible biblical biocentric biosphere century Chris Patten Christ Christian Church concept of stewardship concern conservation context created creative creatures culture Darwinism divine domination earth Earth Summit ecological crisis economic ecosystem environment environmental ethics evolution evolutionary existence exploitation faith Francis Bacon freedom Gaia Genesis Ghillean Prance global God's human dominion humanity's idea imago Dei interactive James Lovelock Jesus John John Ray John Zizioulas land living Lynn White master means mediaeval modern moral natural world nature's notion organisms planet praise priestly writers problem R.J. Berry redemption relation relationship religion religious responsibility rest of creation role Sabbath scientific secular sense simply social society species stewards stewardship survival sustainable development Testament theology things tradition understanding University vision W.P. Brown whole wild words Yahwist