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Green Witness - Ecology Ethics and the Kingdom of God (Paperback)
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GREEN WITNESS is a work in theological ethics, addressed to
theologians and seminarians, but also to clergy and church study
groups. Yordy approaches the topic of Christian environmental work
not from the perspective of a global crisis that must be solved,
but from the perspective of God's promise of the Kingdom. She
argues that Christians can and should work for the wholeness of the
biophysical environment whether or not their efforts bear immediate
visible fruit, because God always welcomes and makes good use of
faithful discipleship. This is good news to religious
environmentalists who have grown weary of struggling to "make a
difference" amid ever-louder announcements of environmental
destruction. The eschaton is clearly a realm of interspecies peace,
abundance, and diversity, and part of the church's mission is to
demonstrate these aspects of God's plan for the world, although
only God can and will consummate the Kingdom. LAURA RUTH YORDY is
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bridgewater
College in Virginia. "Often confronted by the so-called
'environmental crisis, ' many are led to despair that nothing can
be done. Drawing on profound theological insights, Laura Yordy
helps us see that something can be done because Christ's redemption
is sure and good. Hopefully this book will find its way into many
congregational discussions of how we can better live as witnesses
to God's glorious creation." STANLEY HAUERWAS, Gilbert T. Rowe
Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School, Duke
University "Yordy encourages us to think the meaning of creation in
terms of the inbreaking Kingdom of God. With this eschatological
reading of our environmental troubles she invites us to a more
exacting and merciful discipleship that is patterned on the
Trinitarian God who brings all creation into being and sustains it
until its final redemption in Christ. Yordy's views will challenge
established patterns of thinking, and inspire churches to be more
faithful witnesses to the healing presence of God in our world."
NORMAN WIRZBA, Author of The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in
an Ecological Age
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