From primordial curse to eschatological restoration: Ecological challenges from Genesis 3:14�20 and Romans 8:18�25
This work employs a comparative study of the theologies of Genesis 3:14�20 and Romans 8:18�25 as it relates to the problem of ecological imbalance. It attempts to re-interpret from a Christian theological point of view the primary and the secondary causes of decay from Genesis and the implications o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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2011-03-01
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| Series: | Verbum et Ecclesia |
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| Online Access: | http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/492 |
| Summary: | This work employs a comparative study of the theologies of Genesis 3:14�20 and Romans 8:18�25 as it relates to the problem of ecological imbalance. It attempts to re-interpret from a Christian theological point of view the primary and the secondary causes of decay from Genesis and the implications of those for the ecosystem, identifies Paul�s eschatological theology of restoration, and then re-reads the import of his eschatological hope in Romans for the restoration of the creation. By inter-acting the curse theology of Genesis 3 with the restorative theology of Romans 8, the work shows the drift of the �very good� world from its initial, harmonious state to its present state of chaos and the challenge to redress the contemporary ecological imbalance. |
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| ISSN: | 1609-9982 2074-7705 |