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Creation's Diversity - Voices from Theology and Science (Paperback)
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Creation's Diversity - Voices from Theology and Science (Paperback)
Series: Issues in Science and Theology
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Through a series of fascinating essays "Creation's Diversity"
examines the concept of environmental engagement in the context of
religious convictions."Creation's Diversity" opens with a
substantial introduction by Willem B. Drees, exploring how to
relate environmental engagement in the context of religious
convictions. Daniel Ciobotea, Metropolit of Moldavia and Bucovina
(Romania) speaks from the Orthodox tradition in arguing for the
compatibility of science and faith in appreciating the rationality
and mystery of the universe.In the first part of the book, 'A
Diversity of Visions of Creation', six essays address various views
of creation. Anna Primavesi is inspired by the gaia-theory that
presents the whole biosphere as intimately intertwined. Regina
Kather takes her point of departure in a philosophical analysis of
human beings as biological products and producers of culture. David
Goodin concerns the Biblical narratives regarding the Leviathan, as
a sea monster to be destroyed and as one of God's impressive
creatures, to be played with. Christopher Southgate mines the
religious tradition, especially the idea that God limits 'himself'
(kenosis) so as to create room for a free response and genuine
responsibility on the side of creatures such as we. Two more
chapters, by Alfred Kracher and Tony Watling analyze the mythical
roles of nature and technology and of cosmologies inspired by
science (e.g. the gaia-theory) and by religious traditions (e.g.,
creation narratives).The second part of the book, 'Sustaining
Creation's Diversity', analyses critically the concept of
sustainability, given the dynamic character of natural reality as
unveiled by the sciences (Sam Berry, Jan J. Boersema). This is
followed by some reflections on ethical and theological
considerations regarding the idea that we ought to sustain
diversity (Chris Wiltsher, Peter P. Kirschenmann). Zbigniew Liana
considers diversity in a more cultural context, as the diversity of
ideas, while the concluding chapter by Dirk Evers reflects on the
task of theology in sustaining diversity in a situation of growing
religious pluralism.
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