Bible and Ecology - Rediscovering the Community of Creation - Softcover

Richard Bauckham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0232527911 ISBN 13: 9780232527919

Publisher: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2010

Synopsis

A well-argued and timely exploration of the relationship of humans to the rest of creation

• Re-evaluates the biblical tradition of human dominion, in favour of a ‘community of creation’
• ‘Full of Bauckham’s typically insightful biblical exegesis … I commend the book wholeheartedly.’ - Rt Revd Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield

In this well-argued and timely book, Bauckham considers the relationship of humans to the rest of creation. He 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 has too often been used as a justification for domination and exploitation of the earth’s resources. He also critiques the notion of stewardship as being on the one hand presumptuous, and on the other too general a term to explain our key responsibilities in caring for the earth. In countering this, he considers other biblical perspectives, including the book of Job, the Psalms and the Gospels, and re-evaluates the biblical tradition of ‘dominion’, in favour of a ‘community of creation’.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Bauckham (MA, PhD Cantab, FBA; FRSE) was until 2007 Professor of New Testament Studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the University of St Andrews. He has recently retired in order to concentrate on research and writing, and is Senior Scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and a Visiting Professor at St Mellitus College in London. He has written Jesus and the Eye-Witnesses (winner of the 2009 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing), and Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World.

Edition details

• Publisher: Darton, Longman and Todd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0232527911
• ISBN 13: 9780232527919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176