De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism

De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism

Brazilian theologian Rubem Alves (1933-2014) was one of the most creative thinkers Latin American theology has ever produced. In De excrementisdiaboli (“On the Devil’s excrements”), a short text published in 1998 in Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Alves plays with the idea of trash as the exc...

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Main Author: Prof Carlos Caldas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Africajournals 2019-11-01
Series:Pharos Journal of Theology
Subjects:
rubem alves
public theology
theology of creation
stewardess of environment
theoethics
Online Access:https://www.pharosjot.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_27_vol_100_up-brazil.pdf
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spelling doaj-03564f13732b4024a2e817e778a57e6a2020-11-25T01:18:31ZengAfricajournalsPharos Journal of Theology2414-33242019-11-01100De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian EvangelicalismProf Carlos Caldas 0Research Associate – University of Pretoria Post-Graduate Department of Religious Studies Pontifical Catholic University of Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Brazilian theologian Rubem Alves (1933-2014) was one of the most creative thinkers Latin American theology has ever produced. In De excrementisdiaboli (“On the Devil’s excrements”), a short text published in 1998 in Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Alves plays with the idea of trash as the excrements the Devil puts in the world to mock of God’s creation. Alves states that he never heard any sermon preached by any religious leader about how to care for God’s creation dealing correctly with garbage. Following this Alvesian intuition, this article intends to present that a biblical theology of creation has many implications for both a public theology and for a prophetic speech by the church as well. However, this aspect of dealing with garbage as a way of stewardship of creation is by and large almost ignored in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism. In the majority of Brazilian Evangelicalism, when one speaks about a theology of creation, it is only as an apologetic fight against the theory of evolution. This is an influence of the Fundamentalist movement in the theoretical framework of Brazilian Evangelicalism. The aim of this article is to present how Alve’s text can become the starting point for producing a fresh public theology of creation in Brazilian Evangelicalism leading to effective custodianship of our fragile planet. https://www.pharosjot.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_27_vol_100_up-brazil.pdfrubem alvespublic theologytheology of creationstewardess of environmenttheoethics
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De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism
Pharos Journal of Theology
rubem alves
public theology
theology of creation
stewardess of environment
theoethics
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title De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism
title_short De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism
title_full De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism
title_fullStr De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism
title_full_unstemmed De excrementis diaboli – Some reflections on an almost total absence of a practical implication of a theology of creation in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism
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series Pharos Journal of Theology
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description Brazilian theologian Rubem Alves (1933-2014) was one of the most creative thinkers Latin American theology has ever produced. In De excrementisdiaboli (“On the Devil’s excrements”), a short text published in 1998 in Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Alves plays with the idea of trash as the excrements the Devil puts in the world to mock of God’s creation. Alves states that he never heard any sermon preached by any religious leader about how to care for God’s creation dealing correctly with garbage. Following this Alvesian intuition, this article intends to present that a biblical theology of creation has many implications for both a public theology and for a prophetic speech by the church as well. However, this aspect of dealing with garbage as a way of stewardship of creation is by and large almost ignored in the public speech of Brazilian Evangelicalism. In the majority of Brazilian Evangelicalism, when one speaks about a theology of creation, it is only as an apologetic fight against the theory of evolution. This is an influence of the Fundamentalist movement in the theoretical framework of Brazilian Evangelicalism. The aim of this article is to present how Alve’s text can become the starting point for producing a fresh public theology of creation in Brazilian Evangelicalism leading to effective custodianship of our fragile planet.
topic rubem alves
public theology
theology of creation
stewardess of environment
theoethics
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