Redekop Creation and the Environment

An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7672-1
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies

Recent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as "stewards of God's creation" or champions of "environmental justice," church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In Creation and the EnvironmentCalvin W. Redekop and his co-authors explain the unique environmental position of the Anabaptists, in particular the Mennonites.

After a brief survey of the major forces contributing to the word's present ecological crisis, Creation and the Environment explores the uniquely Anabaptist view of our relationship to what they see as the created order. In rural Amish and Mennonite communities, they explain, the environment—especially the "land"—is considered part of the Kingdom God plans to establish on earth. In this view, the creation is part of the divine order, with the redemption of humankind inextricably linked to the redemption and restoration of the material world. The well-being a purpose of creation and human history are thus seen as completely interdependent.

Contributors: Donovan Ackley III, Claremont Graduate School • Kenton Brubaker, Eastern Mennonite University • Thomas Finger, Claremont Graduate School • Karen Klassen Harder, Bethel College, Kansas • James Harder, Bethel College, Kansas • Lawrence Hart, Cheyenne Cultural Center, Clinton, Oklahoma • Theodore Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary • Karl Keener, Pennsylvania State University • Walter Klaassen, Conrad Grebel College • David Kline, Holmes County, Ohio • Calvin W. Redekop, Conrad Grebel College • Mel Schmidt • Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite University • Michael Yoder, Northwestern College, Iowa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Redekop, Calvin

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Baptisten
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introductions
Part I. Human Activities & Their Alteration of the Creation
1. Economics, Development, and Creation
2. Science, Technology, and Creation
3. Population Density and a Sustainable Environment
Part II. Anabaptist/Mennonite Life & the Environment
4. God's Spirit and a Theology for Living
5. Mennonites, Economics, and the Care of Creation
6. The Mennonite Political Witness to the Care of Creation
Part III. Anabaptists' Theological & Historial Orientation
7. Creation, the Fall, and Humanity's Role in the Ecosystem
8. The New Testament and the Environment: Toward a Christology for the Cosmos
9. Pacifism, Nonviolence, and the Peaceful Reign of God
10. An Anabaptist Mennonite Theology of Creation
11. The Earth Is a Song Made Visible
Part IV. The Challenge to Take Care of the Earth
12. Toward an Anabaptist/Mennonite Environmental Ethic
13. The Environmental Challenge before Us
Appendix A. A Letter to Congress
Appendix B. Stewards in God's Creation
Notes
Biblography
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Redekop, Calvin
Calvin W. Redekop is a professor of sociology emeritus at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Ontario. His many books include The Old Colony Mennonites, Mennonite Society, Anabaptist-Mennonite Faith and Economics, and Mennonite Entrepreneurs, the last available from Johns Hopkins.

Calvin W. Redekop is a professor of sociology emeritus at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Ontario. His many books include The Old Colony Mennonites, Mennonite Society, Anabaptist-Mennonite Faith and Economics, and Mennonite Entrepreneurs, the last available from Johns Hopkins.